The Man Who Understood Democracy
Author Olivier Zunz looked at the life of Frenchman Alexis de Tocqueville and his commitment to the political experiment of democracy. This virtual event was hosted by the National History C…
450 viewsAuthor Olivier Zunz looked at the life of Frenchman Alexis de Tocqueville and his commitment to the political experiment of democracy. This virtual event was hosted by the National History C…
450 viewsAuthor Laura Edwards talked about how 19th century women used clothing and textiles circumvent property law. She talks about how courts made an exception to the rule barring women from ownin…
235 viewsCambridge University professor of history emeritus Gary Gerstle talked about the influence of neoliberalism from the 1970s to the 2010s. This virtual event was hosted by the National History…
581 viewsIn her book Threat of Dissent: A History of Ideological Exclusion & Deportation in the United States, lawyer and historian Julia Rose Kraut examined the use of deportation to suppress free s…
208 viewsJames Banner is the author of The Ever-Changing Past: Why All History is Revisionist History. He explained in this conversation that history has been continuously reinterpreted since the tim…
446 viewsSince the development of the atomic bomb, the U.S. government has maintained a containment policy on any information regarding nuclear weapons. A panel of scholars discussed the history of s…
222 viewsFilipinos have fought alongside U.S. troops since the occupation of the Philippines in 1898. Christopher Capozzola gave the history of this partnership and described the importance of a Paci…
186 viewsMonica Kim, author of The Interrogation Rooms of the Korean War: The Untold Story, explained the controversial tactics used by the U.S. and its allies during the war. The Wilson Center and t…
836 viewsThe Territory of Hawaii became the 50th state in August 1959. In her book Gateway State, Sarah Miller-Davenport explains the role Hawaii -- with its Asian-majority population -- played in im…
165 viewsGeorge Washington University’s Sarah Wagner talked about the search for the remains of American soldiers who fought in the Vietnam War and are unaccounted for and presumed dead. This virtual…
761 viewsEileen Boris, author of Making the Woman Worker, looked back at the last century of women’s quest for equal treatment and consideration under international labor laws and standards. The Nati…
76 viewsDuke University History and Public Policy Professor Simon Miles participated in a discussion of his book, Engaging the Evil Empire: Washington, Moscow, and the Beginning of the End of the Co…
378 viewsCornell University history Professor Lawrence Glickman described how the modern concept of free enterprise formed in the 1930's, during the rise of the New Deal. He is the author of, Free En…
529 viewsAuthor Petra Goedde talked about her book, The Politics of Peace: A Global Cold War History. She explored the emerging politics of peace during the early years of the Cold War. The Woodrow W…
295 viewsWen-Qing Ngoei is author of Arc of Containment: Britain, the United States, and Anticommunism in Southeast Asia. He talked about the post-World War II efforts by Western powers -- particular…
1,075 viewsDartmouth College history professor Jennifer Miller talked about her book, Cold War Democracy: The United States and Japan. She discussed how the U.S. government promoted democracy in post-W…
1,072 viewsDevin Fergus talked about his book, Land of the Fee: Hidden Costs and the Decline of the American Middle Class, on the hidden transaction fees that Americans regularly pay and the impact the…
989 viewsHans Speier was a German social scientist who was among the many European intellectuals who immigrated to America during the rise of Nazism in the 1930s. In this program, University of Washi…
416 viewsIn this program, Samuel Goldman discussed the history of Christian Zionism in America. He defined this as the belief that Christians have a religious responsibility to promote and support a …
1,017 viewsHistorian Katherine Benton-Cohen talked about her book, Inventing the Immigration Problem: The Dillingham Commission and Its Legacy. The U.S. Immigration Commission, better known as the Dill…
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