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The Haitian Revolution: A New Vision of Freedom in the Atlantic World

World History

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Duke University historian Laurent Dubois discusses slavery, culture, and ideology in the French colony of Saint-Domingue, which upon the triumph of its revolution in 1804 became the nation of Haiti—the first and only nation...

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The Origins of the French Revolution: American Influence, Domestic Discontent

World History

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Reason and Emotion in Revolutionary America

Government and Civics, World History

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New York University historian Nicole Eustace discusses the "tempest of emotion" that swept through the Age of Reason, epitomized by the earliest call for a full break between the American colonies and Great Britain, Thomas Paine’s...

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Taxation and Representation: The Imperial Debate between Britain and the Americans

Government and Civics

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Brown University historian Gordon Wood describes the British and American conceptions of representation during the eighteenth century, widely diverging points of view that were forged by radically different experiences with...

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The Lion’s Pride: Theodore Roosevelt and His Family in Peace and War

Government and Civics

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Edward J. Renehan Jr. examines Theodore Roosevelt’s view of war and how this affected his children, based on his book The Lion’s Pride: Theodore Roosevelt and His Family in Peace and War. ...

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War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars

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Andrew Carroll, founder of the Legacy Project, recounts his search for letters from America’s wars and reads excerpts from several.

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Lincoln at Cooper Union

Government and Civics

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Author Harold Holzer discusses his book, Lincoln at Cooper Union: The Speech That Made Abraham Lincoln President.

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Visions of State in the New Deal Era: International Perspectives

Economics, Government and Civics, World History

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Historian Alan Brinkley looks at the New Deal era with an international perspective, exploring the evolution of global experiments in government occurring around the world, particularly fascism, communism, and liberal democracy. ...

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Burr, Hamilton, and Jefferson: A Study in Character

Government and Civics

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Roger Kennedy, former director of the National Park Service, discusses the "fatal twins," Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton, whose military, legal, and political careers intersected for nearly thirty years before they came to duel in...

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Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists

Government and Civics

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Historian Carol Berkin briefly discusses the arguments put forth by Federalists and Anti-Federalists in the state ratification conventions.

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90,988 items

The Haitian Revolution: A New Vision of Freedom in the Atlantic World

The Origins of the French Revolution: American Influence, Domestic Discontent

Reason and Emotion in Revolutionary America

Taxation and Representation: The Imperial Debate between Britain and the Americans

The Lion’s Pride: Theodore Roosevelt and His Family in Peace and War

War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars

Lincoln at Cooper Union

Visions of State in the New Deal Era: International Perspectives

Burr, Hamilton, and Jefferson: A Study in Character

Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists

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