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<DIV>Visionaries:</DIV>
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<DIV>For those souls breathlessly waiting for the release of Doug Wilson's
latest attempt at southern history, he writes:</DIV>
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<DIV>"But lest there be no accountability at all, I submitted the manuscript of
my forthcoming book on this vexed historical question to one of the top
historians in the country, and he gave the book the mother of all <SPAN
class=highlight>blurb</SPAN>s."</DIV>
<DIV> <A href="http://dougwils.com/">http://dougwils.com/</A>
5-30-05</DIV>
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<DIV>Presumably, he refers to Eugene Genovese. I don't know what the
mother of all blurbs would be, but for a recent critical look at the work of
Genovese follow the link below.</DIV>
<DIV>http://www.wpunj.edu/~newpol/issue23/lichte23.htm<FONT
size=3><BR><EM>Right Church, Wrong Pew: Eugene Genovese & Southern
Conservatism,</EM> </FONT><FONT size=3>Alex Lichtenstein </FONT><FONT
face=Garamond size=3><FONT face=Georgia>[from <I>New Politics</I>, vol. 6, no. 3
(new series), whole no. 23, Summer 1997</FONT>]</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>The article is great reading. For example:</DIV>
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<DIV>"Ultimately, however, in attempting to chart a third way between the free
market conservatism of today's ascendent right and a discredited collectivism of
the left, Genovese finds inspiration now in a Southern tradition associated with
slavery and racism, rather than the socialist tradition compromised by
Stalinism."</DIV>
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<DIV>All I can say is, haul up the battle flag boys, get on your feet,
they're playing Dixie and look, Gene Genovese's leading the parade.</DIV>
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<DIV>Rose Huskey</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Verdana size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">"One cannot
level one's moral lance at every evil in the universe. There are just too many
of them. But you can do something, and the difference between doing something
and doing nothing is everything." Daniel Berrigan<BR></FONT><FONT lang=0
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