John Herbert Roper

John Herbert Roper
Born	(1948-08-09) August 9, 1948 (age 76) South Carolina, U.S.
Education	University of South Carolina (BA) University of North Carolina (MA, PhD) North Carolina State University (MS)
Occupation	Historian

John Herbert Roper Sr. (born August 9, 1948) is an American historian. The University of North Carolina has a collection of his papers.

He was born in South Carolina. He graduated from the University of South Carolina with a B.A., received an M.A. and a Ph.D from the University of North Carolina, and an M.S. in economics from North Carolina State University.[1]

He is an emeritus history department chair and former Richardson Professor of American History at Emory & Henry College in Emory, Virginia. He now teaches at Coastal Carolina University.[2] He wrote books on Southern history and several biographies, on C. Vann Woodward, Ulrich Bonnell Phillips, Paul Green, William Jennings Bryan Dorn, and Benjamin Mays.

He has written several articles for Southern Cultures.[3]

Books

• U. B. Phillips: A Southern Mind (1984)[4]
• C. Vann Woodward, Southerner (1987)[5]
• Paul Green's War Songs (1993)[2]
• C. Vann Woodward; A Southern Historian and His Critics (1997)[6]
• Paul Green, Playwright of the Real South (2003)[7]
• The Magnificent Mays: A Biography of Benjamin Elijah Mays (2012)[8]
• The Last Orator for the Millhands: William Jennings Bryan Dorn, 1916-2005 (2019)[9]

References

1. "Mercer University Press: Contributor". www.mupress.org.
2. "Roper, John Herbert, 1948- - Social Networks and Archival Context". snaccooperative.org.
3. "John Herbert Roper Archives". Southern Cultures.
4. Reidy, Joseph P. (March 1985). "U. B. Phillips: A Southern Mind. By John Herbert Roper. (Macon: Mercer University Press, 1984. vi + 198 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. $16.95.)". Journal of American History. 71 (4): 889–890. doi:10.2307/1888559. JSTOR 1888559.
5. Reviews of C. Vann Woodward, Southerner include:
   • Bowman, Shearer Davis (May 1990). "Roper, John Herbert, "C. Vann Woodward, Southerner" (Book Review)". The Historian. 52 (3): 511.
   • Doherty, Herbert J. (1989). "Review of C. Vann Woodward, Southerner". The Florida Historical Quarterly: 241–244. JSTOR 30148080.
6. Reviews of C. Vann Woodward; A Southern Historian and His Critics include:
   • King, Richard H. (March 1999). "C. Vann Woodward: A Southern Historian and His Critics". Journal of American History. 85 (4): 1552–1553. doi:10.2307/2568276. JSTOR 2568276. ProQuest 224891534.
   • Silverman, Jason H. (1998). "C. Vann Woodward: A Southern Historian and His Critics". The Mississippi Quarterly. 51 (2): 415–417. ProQuest 213545801.
7. Rubeck, Frederick J. (February 2005). "Paul Green: Playwright of the Real South. By John Herbert Roper. (Athens and London: University of Georgia Press, c. 2003. Pp. xvi, 320. $34.95, ISBN 0-8203-2488-4.)". Journal of Southern History. 71 (1).
8. Reviews of The Magnificent Mays include:
   • Lau, Peter F. (September 2013). "The Magnificent Mays: A Biography of Benjamin Elijah Mays. By John Herbert Roper Sr. (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2012. xvi, 367 pp. $44.95.)". Journal of American History. 100 (2): 586–587. doi:10.1093/jahist/jat263.
   • Dickerson, Dennis C. (November 2013). "The Magnificent Mays: A Biography of Benjamin Elijah Mays". Journal of Southern History. 79 (4): 999–1001. ProQuest 1459681465.
9. Reviews of The Last Orator for the Millhands include:
   • Loiselle, Aimee (May 2020). "The Last Orator for the Millhands: William Jennings Bryan Dorn, 1916-2005. By John Herbert Roper Sr. (Macon, Ga.: Mercer University Press, 2019. Pp. xii, 443. $40.00, ISBN 978-0-88146-690-4.)". Journal of Southern History. 86 (2): 537–538. doi:10.1353/soh.2020.0162. S2CID 219491348. Alternate URL.
   • Coclanis, Peter A. (September 2021). "The Last Orator for the Millhands: William Jennings Bryan Dorn, 1916–2005. By Jack Roper. (Macon: Mercer University Press, 2019. xii, 443 pp. $40.00.)". Journal of American History. 108: 429. doi:10.1093/jahist/jaab221.