I dont have that problem because everyone has heard of the puritans. Puritans to anyone. If you type puritans into a Search Engine or mention it to people, this is what they imagine. We all read the Scarlet Letter and we think of puritans as people who liked to put people in the stocks and humiliate them publicly. We think of their religion as extreme and more like a cult, a harsh, unforgiving religion. And, of course, you cant it away from the witch trials. And hutchinson and the witch trials, those are the first things people think of. Our imagination runs away with us on that one. Why thisten wondered is. Why do that your urgent have such a negative reputation . I think there are two reasons. First of all, in the early 1800s, after the war of 1812, which most americans felt like we had one and we were feeling kind of stable and strong as a nation, there was a lot of looking back to the founding. To look back to the puritans. In the first half of the 19th century, there was a lot of
At the Georgia Historical Society as senior historian, his duty is to serve as managing of our scholarly publication. He is also bestknown around the state of georgia as the host of today in georgia history. Program reduced by the Georgia Historical Society and georgia public broadcasting. Ofhas been an integral part the success of our society and is one of the key players, one of the stars of our team. It is a pleasure to introduce him. Tonight, he speaks on the theme of this years history festival. Is howe of this talk the real mad men changed world. His welcome dr. Stan deaton. [applause] dr. Deaton good evening to all of you. Had other of you things you could be doing, so your attendance is much appreciated. I hope you find this informative, and lightning, entertaining. We will take a Little Journey back in the postworld war ii america. I hope everybody catches the mading of the real men. It is of course a Television Series about the advertising world of the 1960s. We will talk abo
Public broadcasting. He has been an integral part. Key players and stars on our team. Tonight, he is speaking on the theme of the Georgia History of festival. This is the birth of the American Dream, how the real mad men changed the world. [applause] aton we are going to take a little journey. I hope everyone catches the meaning of when i say the real mad and. Thats a play on the television series. It was about the advertising world in the 1960s. We will talk about it. A scenario. A family wakes up in a home that it owns. Kids go off to school. There are probably two cars in the garage in the house is full of appliances, every conceivable electronic gadget. Multiple smartphones, video games, central heating and air. Mostly bought on one kind of credit. The kids will be wearing national named brand clothes and shoes. Music squarelyto aimed at their demographic. They will be expected to attend college. The commute will take mom and dad to work. They might stop by a supermarket or fast fo
What were you like when you were 19 . He would probably not fighting in a revolution. He was an interesting individual. His influence with the french helped the revolutionary cause. When he came back in the 1820s, he was invited by president munro for the purpose of remembering the revolution. Saw that people are starting to die off, the revolutionaries were starting to leave. Lafayette was still a living connection to the revolution. And thise back in 1824 is an amazing tour of what was then the United States, in an era where there were not trains, automobiles. Carriages s and crossingd carriages the United States, hitting so many places from new york down to charleston. Think it is remarkable. When he comes to the u. S. This is another reason for celebration. , there was a spontaneous outpouring of interest and for the revolutionary war veteran. We were discussing while exhibition, was this an instruction . On,people get instructions lafayette is coming, you need to do this, you need
Yourself to it. It is a dutch food. There is juice back there. Help yourself. I wanted introduce the speaker. Mau vanduren is an independent scholar, we can safely say. Actually, what brings them here today is a wonderful demonstration of what independence scholars are capable of, particularly in the field of early american constitutional history. Otherld say among his biographical things i found he comes from the netherlands. He is not the only valuable import from the United States. His book points out as the title suggests there were many heads and many hands involved in writing the u. S. Constitution. We always harken back to the main days, locke, rousseau. You might want to determine human or montesquieu. It shows that this is mostly a dialogue with ideas of republicanism that goes further back than that. That is what i hr more of. There will be time for questions and answers afterward. Feel free to open it up. Thank you. Mau can everybody hear me . Did nobody here me . [laughter]