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Retelling “A Tale”: An Interview with Richard S. Dunn

January 30, 2015 By Sara Georgini in Dunn's "A Tale of Two Plantations", Interview, Interviews with Historians, Roundtables, Special Features Tags: 18th Century, 19th Century, Alabama, Antebellum, Archives, Atlantic World, Caribbean, Digital History, digital humanites, digital projects, documentary editing, Early Republic, Edward Baptist, expansion, family history, Greg Grandin, Herbert Gutman, Jamaica, migration, Penn, Richard S. Dunn, Slavery, sugar, Virginia, Walter Johnson, Winthrop Leave a comment

Dunn Roundtable CoverWrapping up our roundtable review of A Tale of Two Plantations, The Junto chats with Richard S. Dunn about microhistory as a “healthy antidote to top-down history,” and the archival surprises that reshaped his work. If you are near Harvard University on February 5th, come and hear more about the project. Continue reading →

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