Michael Grossberg discusses his thinking on the social history of American law, which attempts to see how the law affects large bodies of people.
In the second segment [14:00], Michael Holt discusses his research on political parties in nineteenth-century America which resulted in his book The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party: Jacksonian Politics and the Onset of the Civil War.
At the time of these interviews, Grossberg, a Fellow at the National Humanities Center (1987-88), was professor of history and law at Case Western Reserve University.
Holt, also a Fellow at the Center (1987-88), was professor of history at the University of Virginia.
This edition of Soundings was conducted by Wayne J. Pond.
