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Lectures in History C-SPAN
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Go back to school with the country's top professors lecturing on a variety of topics in American history. New episodes posted every Saturday evening. From C-SPAN, the network that brings you "After Words" and "C-SPAN's The Weekly" podcasts.
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Appalachia in the American Imagination
Professor Benjamin Bankhurst talked about Appalachia in the American imagination. He described how the regional stereotype has changed over time, from the view of “backwards hillbillies” during the Industrial Revolution to a people respected for their folk culture in the early 20th century.
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Eisenhower & 1950s Political Advertising
Purdue University Professor Kathryn Brownell taught a class about political advertising in the 1950s, highlighting Dwight Eisenhower’s presidential campaigns. She compared radio and early televised ads and examines what components made them successful.
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Civil War Weaponry
Guilford Technical Community College Professor Jeff Kinard taught a class about Civil War weaponry and shared artifacts such as muskets, carbines, and revolvers. He described technological advances, such as breech loading and rifled barrels, that allowed soldiers to fire faster and with more accuracy.
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Army Explorers of the West
Texas Woman’s University history professor Cecily Zander discussed the federal government’s efforts to explore and control the American west from the early 1800's through the Civil War. Texas Woman’s University is located in Denton.
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History of Abortion
University of California, Davis, law professor Mary Ziegler discussed the history of abortion and contraception laws in the United States.
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20th Century Fundamentalism & Pentecostalism
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill professor Molly Worthen taught a class about the history and the intellectual underpinnings of Protestant fundamentalism in 20th century America. She began with the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial, which pitted the teaching of evolution versus creationism in public schools and gained national attention. Later she delved into the origins and growth of Pentecostalism, which strives for a personal connection with the Divine and includes such aspects as faith healing and speaking in tongues.
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Customer Reviews
Content is solid
The content is solid, and the topic extremely important and interesting. However, the lecture would be so much better without the constant insertion of the word. “Right” it’s equivalent to a teenager constantly saying the word like it’s far more interesting without the constant insertion, which is distracting a bibliography would be very useful as well. very interesting topic nonetheless.
Was so interested!
I was so interested in the history of abortion. But once the female lecturer stopped saying “pregnant women”, and started referring to them as “pregnant people”, I know I had to stop listening to the delusional and historical “professor”. Brain washing 101
Why do all the lecturers talk so fast?
So many of them sound like they wrote a 75 minute lecture but they only have 60 minutes to deliver it. Slow down!!