Chandra Manning
| Chandra Manning | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Author, historian |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater |
Harvard National University of Ireland, Galway Mount Holyoke College |
| Subject | 19th century U.S. history |
| Notable awards | Avery O. Craven Award |
Chandra Manning is an American historian who specializes in 19th century U.S. History. A graduate of Mount Holyoke College, Chandra went on to receive her Ph.D. from Harvard in 2002. She has written several articles that have appeared in various journals and books, and is the author of the book What This Cruel War Was Over.
Education
Chandra attended Mount Holyoke College where she received her B.A. summa cum laude, in history in 1993. She then attended the National University of Ireland, Galway where she received an M.Phil in Irish history and literature in 1995. She would later go on to receive her Ph.D. in History from Harvard in 2002.[1]
Career and personal life
Manning is currently an assistant professor of history at Georgetown University. She has also lectured in history at Harvard as well as Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington.
She currently resides in Alexandria, Virginia, with her husband and two sons.[2]
Published work
Manning's first book, What This Cruel War Was Over was written in 2007 and focuses on the American Civil War. The book examines how soldiers on both sides of the war perceived slavery, and how this contentious issue may have influenced their ideas about the war and its purpose. Manning studied 657 Union and 477 Confederate soldiers' accounts in order to help assert the idea that slavery was one of the most important elements in soldier's thinking about the war.[3]
Manning has also written over a dozen articles published in both books and journals, such as North and South, Civil War History, and the Journal of American History.
Awards
Manning's What This Cruel War Was Over has received many positive reviews. For this work, she was awarded the Avery O. Craven Award by the Organization of American Historians in 2007. She has also received honorable mention in the Lincoln Prize, the Jefferson Davis Prize, and in the Virginia Literary Award in Nonfiction competitions.[4]
References
- ↑ Manning, Chandra (2007). What This Cruel War Was Over. Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 9780307264824.
- ↑ Manning, Chandra (2007). What This Cruel War Was Over. Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 9780307264824.
- ↑ Hess, Earl J. (September 2009). "What This Cruel War Was Over: Soldiers, Slavery, and the Civil War (review)". 55 (No.3 ed.). Civil War History: 386–387.
- ↑ "The OAH Distinguished Lectureship Program: Chandra Manning". OAH.org. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
External links
- Presentation at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library"Chandra Manning: Civil War Saturday". Pritzker Military Museum & Library. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
- Presentations on C-SPAN "Chandra M. Manning". C-SPAN. Retrieved 22 September 2014.