Good morning, everybody. Weve been talking for the last couple of weeks in this class about the effects of the American Revolution and framing that discussion about how revolutionary was the American Revolution . What kind of changes did it initiate in american society, american law, American Government . Why should we think of the American Revolution as a revolution rather than simply a war for independence . So we talked about, weve talked about this in various frame works. Weve talked about whether the revolution altered the social structure of the states that were involved in the revolution, and on the last time we met we talked about the impact of the revolution on africanamericans and on the institution of slavery. We saw that, in that case, the legacy was quite mixed, right . The revolution set the institution of slavery on the path to destruction in the northern states, but was instrumental and kind of deepening and strengthening the institution in the southern states. Today i
Its my pleasure to welcome back tj stiles to cwi. He spoke yesterday as you know. He spoke on George Armstrong custer, based upon a book that he received the pulitzer for. He is, as you all know, the winner of two pulitzers. This afternoon he is going to speak on another lets say misunderstood character in jesse james. Jesse james, the study of him by tj stiles is really at the point of a new wave of civil war scholarship thats focusing on guerilla warfare. You heard bart meyers yesterday. You met kim noe. They have all been doing work on what many have considered to be the periphery of the civil war. Thanks to these scholars and thanks to tj stiles, we now have a more expansive view of civil war military history. Jesse james, unfortunately, is sometimes perceived as a robin hood figure of the old west. We often see jesse james as being apolitical. That he is part of those bandits like bloody Bill Anderson. I think what is so impressive about what tj styles has done is that he has take
Its my pleasure to welcome back tj stiles to cwi. He spoke yesterday as you know. He spoke on George Armstrong custer, based upon a book that he received the pulitzer for. He is, as you all know, the winner of two pulitzers. This afternoon he is going to speak on another lets say misunderstood character in jesse james. Jesse james, the study of him by tj stiles is really at the point of a new wave of civil war scholarship thats focusing on guerilla warfare. You heard bart meyers yesterday. You met kim noe. They have all been doing work on what many have considered to be the periphery of the civil war. Thanks to these scholars and thanks to tj stiles, we now have a more expansive view of civil war military history. Jesse james, unfortunately, is sometimes perceived as a robin hood figure of the old west. We often see jesse james as being apolitical. That he is part of those bandits like bloody Bill Anderson. I think what is so impressive about what tj styles has done is that he has take
Examining the public and private lives of the women who fill the position of first lady and their influence on the president he. For Martha Washington to michelle obama, sundays at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on American History on cspan3. As a compliment, cspans new book. First ladies president ial historians on the lives of iconic women. It is available as a hardcover or an ebook. During the civil war in 1863 the union Army Believed confederate guerrillas in kansas in the region were drying from missouri. In an attempt they imposed general order 11. The Kansas City Library hosted the talk. My name is eli paul and the land and people of western missouri had suffered as much as any during the civil war. The 1865 edict known as order number 11 had depopulated several missouri counties, devastated homes and farms and left the physical and mental scars that took decades to heal. A local independent historian has authored two books on the subject of this burnt district. Caught between three flyers
Examining the public and private lives of the women who fill the position of first lady and their influence on the president he. For Martha Washington to michelle obama, sundays at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on American History on cspan3. As a compliment, cspans new book. First ladies president ial historians on the lives of iconic women. It is available as a hardcover or an ebook. During the civil war in 1863 the union Army Believed confederate guerrillas in kansas in the region were drying from missouri. In an attempt they imposed general order 11. The Kansas City Library hosted the talk. My name is eli paul and the land and people of western missouri had suffered as much as any during the civil war. The 1865 edict known as order number 11 had depopulated several missouri counties, devastated homes and farms and left the physical and mental scars that took decades to heal. A local independent historian has authored two books on the subject of this burnt district. Caught between three flyers