4 episodes
The American Founders and Their World Stanford Continuing Studies Program
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2.0 • 3 Ratings
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4. Washington's Frontier and Hamilton's Marketplace: Visions of Post-Revolutionary Greatness (May 22, 2009)
Joanne Freeman, Professor of History at Yale University, and Alan Taylor, Professor of History at University of California, Davis, discuss the aspirations and achievements of George Washington and Alexander Hamilton. (May 19, 2009)
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3. When Abigail and John Met George and Charlotte, or, The American Rebellion Viewed from London (May 5, 2009)
Andrew O'Shaughnessy and Edie Gelles discuss the American Revolution from a European perspective and the relationship between John and Abigail Adams. (May 5, 2009)
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2. How Radical was the Revolution and How Reactionary was the Constitution? (April 21, 2009)
Gordon Wood, professor emeritus of History at Brown University, and Pauline Maier, professor of History at MIT, discuss the historical significance of the American Revolution.
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1. Jefferson, Madison, and the Problem of Slavery in an Empire of Liberty (April 7, 2009)
Jack Rakove, Caroline Winterer, and Annette Gordon-Reed discuss the politics surrounding American slavery during the 18th century in the first of a series of four lectures on the American Revolutionary era. (April 7, 2009)
Customer Reviews
Self -congratulatory History
Although the speakers demonstrated an extensive knowledge regarding revolutionary America they mostly discuss their books, their mentors and what has been referred to as American exceptionalism. In episode II there is a conversation on the difference between history written for academics and history written for the general public in which most people who are talking sound quite arrogant and demonstrate the problems with purely academic writing. It is boring. The story of the revolution is most certainly not boring.