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American Themes
Jack Greene addresses developments in the 1980s in the writing of American colonial studies. R. W. B. Lewis discusses themes in American literature and culture in the 1980s, praising African American women writers like Toni Morrison and Robert Penn Warren and … Continue reading
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Tagged African-American literature, African-American women, American history, American literature -- twentieth century
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Two Aspects of English Colonialism
Nicholas Canny discusses conditions in seventeenth-century Ireland that resulted in a large immigration of Irish people to America during the English colonial system. He emphasizes the influences of Irish values in the development of the new country of the United … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, English colonialism, Irish history, Plymouth Rock
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America at the Founding
In the first of two conversations in this edition of Soundings, Lance Banning describes aspects of James Madison’s role in the founding of the American republic. In the second segment [13:50], Stephen Conrad discusses James Wilson, a prominent framer of the … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Constitution, James Madison, James Wilson
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The Long Shadow: American Puritanism, Then and Now, Part 2 of 2
Edmund Morgan and Timothy Breen address the historical and ideological influence of New England Puritans, which remains in the thinking of Americans. The conversation turns to the scholars’ focus on the historical enterprise in general, their attitudes toward the past, and … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Puritanism - American history
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The Long Shadow: American Puritanism, Then and Now, Part 1 of 2
Timothy Breen and Edmund Morgan discuss American puritanism and its effects on the nation’s history and modern society. At the time of this interview, Breen, a Fellow at the National Humanities Center (1983-84, 1995-96), was professor of history at Northwestern University. Morgan was professor … Continue reading
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The Battle for Public Opinion: The President, the Press, and the Polls during Watergate
Sociologists Gladys Engel Lang and Kurt Lang speak on the tenth anniversary in August 1984 of Richard Nixon’s resignation from the presidency of the United States, which occurred in the aftermath of the Watergate investigation by the U.S. Congress. One aspect … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Politics, Richard M. Nixon, Watergate scandal
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Politics in the American South, Part 1 of 2
Dewey Grantham, William Havard, George Tindall, and Edwin Yoder talk about the origins and shape of politics in the American South, saying that the region provides rich sources for scholarship and social criticism. In the first of two discussions for Soundings, … Continue reading
Posted in Episodes, Grantham, Dewey W., Havard, William C., Tindall, George Brown, Yoder, Edwin M.
Tagged American history, Politics, The South
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