Tag Archives: Civil War

The Country I Remember

Posted on January 5, 1997 by Steve Weiss

David Mason reads from his latest collection of poems, a 12-part verse narrative. The Country I Remember recalls the life of one of Mason’s ancestors, Lt. John Mitchell, who was captured in the Civil War battle of Chickamauga in 1863. … Continue reading →

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Getting Right with Lincoln

Posted on February 14, 1993 by Steve Weiss

Andrew Delbanco reads from The Portable Lincoln and elaborates not only on the chronology of Abraham Lincoln’s professional life but also addresses his notions of the Republic and the moral issues surrounding slavery that underscored his presidency. Delbanco was a trustee of the … Continue reading →

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Good TV

Posted on June 23, 1991 by Steve Weiss

Ken Burns discusses documentary history and his award-winning PBS production, The Civil War. Robert Schrag discusses his book, Taming the Wild Tube (University of North Carolina Press, 1990). 560 – Good TV

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From Protest to Power: the Recent History of Civil Rights in the United States Part 1

Posted on February 5, 1989 by Steve Weiss

William Chafe is the author of The Unfinished Journey: America Since World War II and Civilities and Civil Rights: Greensboro, North Carolina and the Black Struggle for Freedom (Oxford University Press). From 1969-1975, Howard Lee was the first black mayor … Continue reading →

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American Popular Entertainment

Posted on April 5, 1987 by Steve Weiss

According to Robert Allen, the development of American popular entertainment stems from nineteenth-century theatrical forms including vaudeville, burlesque, dime museum performances, and circuses. But these forms underwent a fragmentation of their audience following the Civil War that reflected social classes … Continue reading →

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Race and Money in the Nineteenth-Century American South

Posted on February 15, 1987 by Steve Weiss

Jane Censer and Harold Woodman discuss their books about economic history and culture in the American South during and after the Civil War. Censer is the author of The Old Elite Faces the New Order: Virginia and North Carolina Planters, … Continue reading →

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American Beginnings

Posted on February 2, 1986 by Steve Weiss

The origins of two aspects of American cultural and scientific history are the subjects of this episode of Soundings. William Rorabaugh discusses his study of apprenticeship, an element in United States social history that flourished between the time of the … Continue reading →

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Afro-American History

Posted on October 12, 1980 by Steve Weiss

Benjamin Quarles talks about the challenges in 1980 of locating primary resources in his area of scholarship–antislavery movements and the roles of African Americans in the American Revolution and the Civil War. Quarles also comments on the accounts, which were … Continue reading →

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