Historian who works at the estate. Most recently on health and education. And we will have a questionandanswer session during the end. There other sponsors as well pretty good were website. Now enjoy. Hello and good afternoon everyone and welcome to hear on june 14th pretty welcome everyone. Todays guest will be professor Elizabeth Varon and the book armies of deliverance. For you guys who are not familiar with this institute of American History. First, welcome and we are so glad you can join is prodigious to tell you a little bit about this institute is a Nonprofit Organization dedicated to k12 history and education pretty were also serving the general public. Our mission is to promote the knowledge and understanding of American History through Educational Programs such as this one and other resources. We also provide direct access to unique primary source materials through this amazing collection. And if youre interested in finding out anymore of about that in amazing programs and th
Now enjoy a book. Good afternoon everyone and welcome to the Gilder Lehrman book break on june 14. Welcome everyone. Todays guests will be professor Elizabeth Varon in her book armies of deliverance prefer you who are not familiar with the Gilder Lehrman institute of American History we are so glad you could join us and to tell you a little bit about Gilder Lehrman the Gilder Lehrman institute is a Nonprofit Organization dedicated to k12 History Education while also serving the general public. Our mission is to promote the knowledge and understanding of American History. Occasional programs and other resources. We also provide direct access to unique primary source materials through Gilder Lehrmans amazing collections but if amazing collections but if youre in to sit out anymore about Gilder Lehrmans program and a collection please go to Gilder Lehrman. Org. My name is william and im your host. When im not hosting im usually working on the Hamilton Education program. You want to find o
Marketplace and outside the dynamic to bring that into the market so they can be sold as well and the famous historian wrote about the basic mechanisms of industrial capitalism and the idea was human activity the things that people did every day for that marketplace made it possible for labor to be sold and that wage labor was possible at all the things that became the hallmark of modernity and in a similar way nature was subordinated to the dynamic and reborn as real estate on land. So fast forward one century at the beginning of the 21st century surveillance capitalism was invented, the insight was we take Human Experience specifically private Human Experience and we can bring that into the marketplace to be sold as behavioral data. We are coming into this space private experience uninvited. We are doing that typically in ways that are secret and designed to evade awareness. We are registering your experience in a variety of ways and then we are translating that into behavioral data
They held a demonstration, the demonstration turned violent. These two stories from different parts of the world come together at a new book titled they marched into sunlight, the authors David Maraniss. Hello David Maraniss. Your epilogue you write that connections fascinate you more than ideology. What is that mean . And how was it reflected in this book . I guess it means i am a journalist and historian. I am not trying to make a specific theological point when i do my reporting. I believe over the course of years our history is looked at different ways. I want to present 1967 and that point in time as actively and deeply as i could and stripped away some of the stereotypes of the 60s that sort of make it hard so so hard to see from the perspective of today. Who is this for . I hope it is for everybody. It certainly starts with the author you write about something you are interested in. My previous book what are there it was about bill clinton or Vince Lombardi always came around to
I want you to kow were still here oppose holocaust memoir. Shes the former executive director of historic in washington dc. In a debate, remarkable journey to find family that her father during the war, learn about siblings she never met. That heal the wounds of her past river joint tonight by esther and her son. Award winning novelist for an author of everything is extremely loud in here a. M. As well as the claimed nonfiction work and we are here. Everything is illuminated was inspired by attorney in ukraine to find a family that was hesters father. Her success in novel awakened. Armed with a tattered akamai photo and handdrawn map, after finally made the trip to you by herself. And found more than she ever hope she would. Were honored to have both esther and jonathan with us tonight. This will be the first public dialogue about the book. Very exciting indeed. A few quick things to note, todays conversation will follow with an audience q a. You can cement your questions into the chat