Shores of Knowledge
Joyce Appleby talked about her book, Shores of Knowledge: New World Discoveries and the Scientific Imagination, in which she looks at the impact of explorers during the Age of Discovery on s…
505 viewsJoyce Appleby talked about her book, Shores of Knowledge: New World Discoveries and the Scientific Imagination, in which she looks at the impact of explorers during the Age of Discovery on s…
505 viewsJoyce Appleby talked about her book The Relentless Revolution: A History of Capitalism. She argued that capitalism was a cultural rather than purely an economic phenomenon. Joyce Appleby,…
2,995 viewsMs. Appleby discussed her book Inheriting the Revolution: The First Generation of Americans, published by Harvard University Press. The book examines the legacy of the Americans who lived be…
3,623 viewsAuthors talked about their books about the U.S. economy. They responded to questions from members of the audience. Jon Wiener moderated. The panelists were: Joyce Appleby, The Relentless Re…
556 viewsFour panelists talked about the biographies they wrote of American presidents. They answered a variety of questions from moderator Bill Thompson and from audience members about the lives, po…
308 viewsA panel of presidential biographers discussed the presidencies of Thomas Jefferson, Gerald Ford, and Calvin Coolidge. They discussed how these presidents are understood in contemporary polit…
223 viewsModerated by Mr. Wasserman, panel members discussed the topic, “History: The Old World in the New World.” They talked about the new ways of writing history and about their own books. Joyc…
278 viewsHistorian Joyce Appleby, who retired in 2001 after twenty years of teaching at UCLA, was interviewed about her life, career, and writings. She also responded to audience telephone calls and …
1,044 viewsHans Eicholz and Joyce Appleby talked about their books on the American Revolution. Mr. Eicholz’s book is Harmonizing Sentiments: The Declaration of Independence and the Jeffersonian Idea of…
345 viewsIn the program “U.S. Presidents in Perspective: The Shifting Fortunes of Presidential Reputations” a panel talked about how U.S. presidents had dealt with their political enemies and the in…
300 viewsThe panel discussion featured four historians, all of whom contributed biographies to the American Presidents Series, published by Times Books. Panelists talked about their writing experienc…
180 viewsModerated by Joyce Appleby, the author of Inheriting the Revolution: The First Generation of Americans and co-editor of Thomas Jefferson, the panelists discussed their books about malevolent…
363 viewsChief Justice Rehnquist presided over this mock trial of Thomas Jefferson, which explored alleged inconsistencies between his ideas and actions. The participants examined constitutional, pol…
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