Henry Luce and Publishing in the 20th Century
Alan Brinkley talked about his book, The Publisher: Henry Luce and His American Century. Then he was joined in a discussion on journalism and history moderated by Professor Kaplan. The panel…
798 viewsAlan Brinkley talked about his book, The Publisher: Henry Luce and His American Century. Then he was joined in a discussion on journalism and history moderated by Professor Kaplan. The panel…
798 viewsHistorian Alan Brinkley discussed the crises President Kennedy faced in 1961, including the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Berlin Crisis, and the lessons he learned from those events. He is th…
494 viewsA panel discussion was held on the historical impact of the 1935 Social Security Act and the National Labor Relations Act on American life and society, as well as the current state of Social…
1,159 viewsAlan Brinkley, former provost of Columbia University, talked about his book Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Oxford University Press, 2009). He recounts the life of the thirty-second president fro…
952 viewsMr. Brinkley explores the life and career of Henry Luce, who was credited with reinventing the magazine industry within a decade. The co-creator of Time magazine and creator of Life magazine…
413 viewsAlan Brinkley talked about his book The Publisher: Henry Luce and His American Century (Knopf; April 20, 2010). Henry Luce was only 24-years old when he published the first issue of Time mag…
656 viewsPanelists talked about President Roosevelt and the 1930s U.S. Supreme Court. They discussed important Supreme Court decisions, appointments and presidential politics of the era including the…
666 viewsA panel discussion was held on President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s policy advisers, focusing on his earliest advisers dealing with the Great Depression. The panelists discussed the contri…
1,264 viewsAlan Brinkley spoke about the way in which different societies envisioned power during the previous world wars and aspirations cultures had in the hopes that the post war life would be bette…
244 viewsModerated by John Seigenthaler, three distinguished historians paid tribute to fellow historian Arthur Schlesinger and talked about his life and career. Mr. Schlesinger was special assistant…
403 viewsProfessor Brinkley discussed his book, Unfinished Nation: A Concise History of the American People, published by Alfred A. Knopf. He chose the name for the book for reasons that dealt with t…
2,971 viewsPanelists examined how U.S. presidents since Roosevelt have used the media to further their political agendas and popularity with the people.
251 viewsThe annual J. Anthony Lukas Book Prizes for narrative nonfiction were presented. The winners then participated in a panel discussion on the effects that writers and their works can have on p…
168 viewsHistorians spoke about war with Iraq, the potential impact of the war on the role of the U.S. in the world, the war in relation to prior conflicts, and the traditional goals of U.S. foreign …
120 viewsThe 2001 Bancroft Prizes were awarded for books of exceptional merit and distinction in the fields of American history and biography published in 2000. The recipients, who made acceptance sp…
462 viewsWinners of the 2000 Lukas Prize discussed the craft of writing narrative non-fiction and how they approached the research for their books. The prize was named for Pulitzer Prize-winning auth…
126 viewsThis Forum held at the NATIONAL PRESS CLUB by the JAMES MACGREGOR BURNS ACADEMY OF LEADERSHIP ADDRESSED THE TOPIC OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY AND LEADERSHIP throughout our history.
91 viewsHistory professors Eric Foner, John Putnam Demos, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, and David Levering Lewis talked about the state of U.S. history during a forum at Columbia University, moderated by …
211 viewsPanelists discussed the book, Big Trouble: A Murder in a Small Western Town Sets Off a Struggle for the Soul of America by J. Anthony Lukas. Mr. Lukas died last June and the book was publish…
128 viewsHistorians and an editor discussed lessons from the past which can be used to help citizens be effective participants in U.S. democracy. They attempted to answer the question, “Why Study H…
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