James Alex Baggett
James Alex Baggett is a historian, author, and former university dean. He worked at Union University and wrote a book about it.
In 2003 his talk on his book about "Scalawags" was aired on C-Span.[1] He discussed the book at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library. He has written several entries for the Texas State Historical Association's Handbook.[2]
He is married to Lillian Faulkner Baggett]], a fellow educator and author.[3]
William Harris Bragg described his book on "Scalawags" as "detailed, balanced, and convincing."[4] Michael Perman called it groundbreaking.[5] Union University holds an annual history research paper competition in his honor.[6]
Work
- The rise and fall of the Texas radicals, 1867-1883[7]
- Bemis: Continuity and Change in a West Tennessee Cotton Mill Town (1992)
- Memories of Madison County (1993)
- So Great a Cloud of Witnesses: Union University, 1823-2000
- Homegrown Yankees: Tennessee's Union Cavalry in the Civil War
- The Scalawags: Southern Dissenters in the Civil War and Reconstruction LSU Press (2004)[8][9]
Articles
- "The Constitutional Union Party in Texas” Southwestern Historical Quarterly 82 (January 1979)
References
- ↑ "James Alex Baggett | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org.
- ↑ "TSHA | James Alex Baggett". www.tshaonline.org.
- ↑ https://www.flaniganfuneralhome.com/m/obituaries/Lillian-Baggett-2/Memories
- ↑ https://www.jstor.org/stable/40584898 Reviewed Work: The Scalawags: Southern Dissenters in the Civil War and Reconstruction by James Alex Baggett, reviewed by William Harris Bragg, The Georgia Historical Quarterly, Vol. 90, No. 1 Spring 2006, pages 144-146
- ↑ Perman, Michael (June 29, 2005). "The Scalawags: Southern Dissenters in the Civil War and Reconstruction (review)". Civil War History. 51 (1): 115–116. doi:10.1353/cwh.2005.0014 – via Project MUSE.
- ↑ "History Students Win Prizes in Dr. James Alex Baggett History Research Paper Competition | News | Department of History | Union University, a Christian College in Tennessee". www.uu.edu.
- ↑ "Baggett, James Alex [WorldCat Identities]".
- ↑ "Rubin on Baggett, 'The Scalawags: Southern Dissenters in the Civil War and Reconstruction' | H-NC | H-Net". networks.h-net.org.
- ↑ https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi%3Farticle%3D1697%26context%3Dcwbr
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