I was surprised how ineffectual Sean was in this, his master rebuttal that he clearly has been working thru for months. Yes, he’s on strongest ground with #1 and NHJ was careless in her throwaway remark sans any references. #2 is a pure jump ball—Lincoln contains multitudes; #3
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Yeah—this is an interesting point and, I think, in large part it’s because of Russell Jacoby’s idea about the professionalization of academia in mid-late 20th c.—ASjr was fleeting that space; Wilentz, by contrast, is defending the guild.
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There's something to that, although I have to say most of the academic historian who have addressed 1619 either in criticism or support have made productive comments whether. As you mentioned, Oakes. Wilentz has been uniquely unproductive.
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Schlesinger couldn’t pull rank, in a way, as he never finished his PhD!
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And Harvard, if I remember correctly, didn't want him back after he lowered himself by working as a presidential advisor!
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