George C. Rable

George C. Rable is an American historian and author. He is Professor Emeritus at the University of Alabama.[1] He received the Lincoln Prize in 2003 for his 2002 book Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg!

Education

He received his bachelor of arts degree from Bluffton College in 1972. He received a Master of arts degree from Louisiana State University in 1973 and his doctoral degree from Louisiana State University in 1978.[1]

Career

He is a past president of the Society of Civil War Historians. At the University of Alabama has received the Burnum Distinguished Faculty Award and the Blackmon-Moody Award.

His 2002 book Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg! received the 2003 Lincoln Prize, a $50,000 award for excellence in Civil War scholarship.[2] The book is notable for retaining a traditional military analysis of the Civil War while exploring the social context and importance of the conflict.[3][4] The book was also awarded the Jefferson Davis Award[5] and the Douglas Southall Freeman Award[6] and the Society for Military History's Distinguished Book Award in American Military History.

His book God's Almost Chosen Peoples: A Religious History of the American Civil War (2010) won the Jefferson Davis Award[5] and was a Choice Outstanding Academic Title.

Publications

• But There Was No Peace: The Role of Violence in the Politics of Reconstruction Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1984.
• Civil Wars: Women and the Crisis of Southern Nationalism. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1989. ISBN 0252015975 OCLC 18290214
• A Revolution against Politics: The Confederate States of America. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1994. ISBN 0807821446 OCLC 232667648
• News from Fredericksburg. Milwaukee: Marquette University Press, 2000. ISBN 0874623332 OCLC 44926859
• Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg! Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2002. ISBN 0807826731 OCLC 46952293
• God's Almost Chosen Peoples: A Religious History of the American Civil War. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2010. ISBN 9780807834268 OCLC 607975631
• Damn Yankees!: Demonization & Defiance in the Confederate South. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2015. ISBN 9780807160589 OCLC 908373817

References

1. "George C. Rable".
2. "Professor Emeritus George Rable Featured in Documentary".
3. "Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg! - George C. Rable - University of North Carolina".
4. "Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize - The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History". 31 October 2011.
5. "Awards and Recognition - American Civil War Museum".
6. "Douglas Southall Freeman History Award". 17 November 2010.