Departments and Programs

• History

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Contact Information

Email: Robert.E.Bonner@Dartmouth.edu
Phone: 603-646-2994
Office: 208 Carson

Education

A.B. Princeton University; Ph.D. Yale University

Areas of Expertise

American Civil War; Politics of Emancipation

Selected Works

• Mastering America: Southern Slaveholders and the Crisis of American Nationhood, (2009).
• "Confederate Racialism and the Anticipation of Nazi Evil," in The Problem of Evil: Slavery, Freedom, and the Ambiguities of American Reform, edited by S Mintz and J Stauffer, (2007).
• The Soldier's Pen: Firsthand Impressions of the Civil War, (2007).
• "Civil War Diplomacy, Racial Science, and the Confederate Mission of Henry Hotze," Civil War History, 51:3 (2005) 288-316.
• Colors and Blood: Flag Passions of the Confederate South, (2004).

Current Projects

Biographical Study of Alexander H. Stephens; International Politics of Slavery