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Surveying the South: A Conversation with John Shelton Reed

by Eugene D. Genovese, Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, John Shelton Reed

“I don’t have much patience with folks who say the Civil War was not about slavery.” Editor’s note: On a Saturday afternoon in August 2000, John Reed sat down for a conversation with Betsey and Gene Genovese, noted historians of the South, at their home in Atlanta. The tape recorder was turned on— JOHN SHELTON »