Is an accomplished chair at the university of virginia for the past 5 years and before that he taught at the university of california davis and boston university. He has also written eight previous books on topics ranging from the colonial period to the war of 1812 and be on. Two of his works have won a Pulitzer Prize in history in 1896 and William Cooperstown, politician William Cooper and his son, James Fenimore cooper. In 2014 the pulitzer was given to the internal enemy which is about slavery in virginia during the war of 1812 and contradictions of early Virginia Society. Thomas jeffersons education turns to the establishment of the university of virginia. He regarded the university is one of his signature achievements and alan got interested in pursuing a book on the subject after coming across correspondence between jefferson and an associate by the new school. Various ways in which the American Revolution impacted society and politics in the early years of our country and the st
Past ten years and before that, he taught at the university of california davis and Boston University on topics ranging from the colonial period from the war of 1812 and beyond. In 1996 that went to the william coopers town to the establishment of the university of virginia, jefferson of course regarded the university of one of his signature achievements and ellen got interested in pursuing a book on the subject after coming across some correspondence in various ways which the revolution impacted society of politics in the early years of the country and the story of jeffersons attempts at educational reform through the founding of the university of virginia certainly fits the focus. But it also has particular relevance today in the context of command reform and controversy over the goals and funding for education. As recounted in the book, things didnt quite turn out as jefferson hoped for the university of virginia and envisions establishing the democratized system of education, one t
It is the most popular morning table new show on the planet for 213 months and two weeks and four days, is that right brian . You might also know brian from his radio show which the brain kill me show which is on 150 radio stations across the country and tuckers magazine named him the ten most important talk radio host in america. And get this, between tv and radio brian is on the airway six hours a day five days a week. And yet he has found the time to write a string of New York Times bestselling books, George Washington secret six, Thomas Jefferson and the triple e pirates, Andrew Jackson and the miracle of new orleans all told his books have reached over 2. 5 million readers around the world which is fairly impressive. [applause] these are history books, its impressive. His latest book which we are celebrating tonight is sam houston and ill move injured its another bestseller and debuted last week as number three on the New York Times bestseller list. [applause] unfortunately the li
Shes been nominated twice for the Television Critics for Outstanding Achievement and news. 2019, the Rachel Maddow show one and award in the third a media category. [applause] rachel first gained National Prominence as a host on america radio where she worked from its inception in 2004. Prior to joining, she was on two networks in western massachusetts. So its a special honor to welcome her back to western massachusetts. [applause] i know that we are all excited to hear from her in this New York Times bestselling book, blowout. But before we get to that, i want to read for you one quick snippet of the review which i think resonate with this community and particular. Rachel maddow may be a popular, progressive news and commentary anchor on msnbc but its not to be forgotten that she holds a doctorate in politics from oxford and seems to devour whole libraries of data before breakfast each day. [laughter] so please join me in welcoming Rachel Maddow. [applause] [cheering and applause] wow
We have been spending the week with an Amazing Group of educators from all over the country brought together under the auspices of the gulder Lehrman Institute of Early American History. This is generously supported by the Library Company of philadelphia and the pew center for arts and heritage. We spent the week tossing around ideas about how we might redraw Early American History. We tried to do that by suggesting one productive way of redrawing that history is to think in terms of a complicated and ever shifting set of contests among three sets of actors. Three sets of actors we call native people, settler colonists, and european empires. It is probably obvious to folks what we mean when we think about native peoples, although it should not be that obvious, except to stress it is a plural term. We are talking about many different peoples who have many different histories and are constantly in historical motion. European empires may be obvious, but once again it is a plural term. We