Reddit reviews Madness Rules the Hour: Charleston, 1860 and the Mania for War

>Current historiography tries to make the civil war only about slavery.

That's because it's correct. Slavery was the single largest and most consistent political battle of the 50 years leading up to the civil war


>Older historiography emphasized the different tribes coming over from England and their interactions e.g. Albion's Seed. Later historiography still has how the actual civil war was an irrational act brought on by hatred between groups e.g. Madness Rules the Hour

Yes that's because historiography has advanced. Older historiography was also based on flawed ideas like Great Men theory and was by and large reductionist and not focused on empiricism. I'm not sure what argument you think you're making by saying "older historiography said thusly", yeah they did, and they were wrong.

Just like older anthropology was wrong in its usage of Tylor's view of primitive culture evolution

Just like older psychology was wrong in its focus on psychoanalysis.

These fields advance as time goes on and outdated ideas and unsophisticated methods of analysis are cast aside

You're not going to find any modern historical consensus in academia that the civil war was primarily caused by anything other than slavery.

Current historiography tries to make the civil war only about slavery. But it wasn't. Older historiography emphasized the different tribes coming over from England and their interactions e.g. Albion's Seed. Later historiography still has how the actual civil war was an irrational act brought on by hatred between groups e.g. Madness Rules the Hour