GDG- General Meade in Recent Scholarship

Tue Nov 14 11:49:41 CST 2006

Keith,

I believe Adelman's "The Myth of Little Round Top" is based on his thesis...
I believe he mentioned that in the forward.

- Bob Coffman (went to "no thesis" college.)

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Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:

So it is, or it isn't, a good one to get?
  K.

Norman Levitt <njlevitt at hotmail.com> wrote:
  Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:

Those unfamiliar with the woo-woo of current academic fashion might not 
realize how dreadfully old-fashioned Durkota's dissertation is. It aims to 
tell you what actually happened at a given time and place on the basis of 
the best ascertainable evidence. Definitely not comme il faut these days! 
Nary a mention of Foucault or feminist theory!

Durkota has the good fortune to be working at a relatively out-of-the-way 
place. If he were at a more trendy and prestigious history department, I'm 
sure his topic and methodology for a master's paper would have been 
indignantly disallowed.

NL

>From: keith mackenzie
>Reply-To: GDG 
>To: GDG 
>Subject: RE: GDG- General Meade in Recent Scholarship
>Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 07:00:36 -0800 (PST)
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>Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>
>
>having never been to college, I've never had the opportunity to write a
>thesis, and now that I think of it, I'm not sure I ever read one. Does 
>anyone think this might be a good one to get?
> K.
>
>Jim Ferguson wrote:
> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>
>
>
>I suspect this is prime grist for the mill. This is the Durkota 
>abstract:
>
>
>The purpose of this thesis is to determine whether, and to what extent, 
>General Meade's actions were instrumental in bringing about the Union 
>victory at Gettysburg in 1863; or conversely, whether the Federal 
>victory was largely due to the efforts of subordinate officers under 
>his command. In addressing this matter, other key issues concerning 
>General Meade's actions prior to and during the battle will be examined 
>in order to ascertain whether he has been fairly judged by historians. 
>In the final analysis, I hope to provide a definitive assessment of 
>Meade's role in this significant Civil War battle. The methodology for 
>this thesis will be traditional documentary research with primary 
>source material. The primary source material to be used will include 
>relevant portions of the massive Official Records of the War of the 
>Rebellion and other relevant government documents as well as published 
>regimental histories, personal dairies, and letters of key individuals 
>who fought at Gettysburg.
>
>
>
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>Subject: GDG- General Meade in Recent Scholarship
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>Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
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>Following are brief citations of recent scholarly works on Meade. You 
>can view full citations, abstracts, and previews at the UMI ProQuest 
>Digital Dissertations site. I'm certain these publications will be of 
>interest to several members.
>
>General George Gordon Meade at Gettysburg (Pennsylvania)
>by Durkota, David M., MA
>SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY, 2005, 65 pages
>1427748
>
>A Philadelphia gentleman: The cultural, institutional, and political 
>socialization of George Gordon Meade (Pennsylvania) by Stowe, 
>Christopher S., PhD THE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO, 2005, 263 pages
>3177609
>
>Curt Johnson
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