Or fiction. Mr. Gibson, some of the books their viewers may see on booktv this fall. What are you publishing quick are several things. The first thing i would tell you about is paul roberts book, the info society. In 1879 there is a book called the culture of narcissism, classic and still lives in a defined our American Culture that is a very narcissistic culture. Paul roberts has picked up from that almost 38 years later in the info society is about the instant Gratification Society we have created here which has enormous ramifications and personal lives in economics and the economy and politics. Hes done a brilliant job. I think i was synthesizing this historic week taking about 40 years, beginning with the rise of the internet at some level and Mass Communication at that level. We have created a desire for instant gratification across the board. He takes it back further. His opening example is henry ford versus arthurs on the sunday general motors. Henry ford had a one size fits all
Previous book that was mentioned on Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass. That book prompted me to think the process by which slavery was destroyed during the civil war, and ended up producing the book, you mentioned, Freedom National last year. This is the rethinking of that process of slavery destruction. Before i continue the more i continue to think about the more i have to revise my freedom previous thinking. This book already revises some things that were in the Freedom National book. But they were all trying to do, all seem to be doing is complicating the usual, simple narrative of how slavery was destroyed. There are several of them out there. The most familiar one i suppose, lincoln freed all the slaves with the stroke of a pen by signing the emancipation proclamation. The more elaborate version of that, lincoln understood from the time he was a young man that it was his destiny to free the slaves, but knew that he had to wait until the American People came up to his advance to
Claudio is codirector of the center for virtual history and associate director of the institute of native american studies at the university of georgia. He is author of three previous books on American History. West of the revolution, black, white, indian and a new order of things. And to thank you so much for joining us. Thank you so much for hosting and thanked the center for sponsoring thiss event. Unworthy republic challenges thet idea that so many historis have presented at the expulsion of native americans as an inevitability rate you uncover a lot of evidence of political and economic motivation so how much land first indians own in the southeast in the decades before the 1830s . They owned a huge amount, half of alabama, two thirds what became mississippi, about a fifth of georgia. And its not just how much land they own, but how valuable that land was for his mom the most valuable Agricultural Land probably in the entire world at the time. The removal covered the entire United
Expulsion of native americans an inevitability. And you a lot of evidence of political and economic motivations. So how much land first did indians own the southeast in the decades before. The 1830s, they owned a huge amount. Half of alabama two thirds as what became mississippi, about a fifth of georgia. And its not just how much land owned, but how valuable that land was. It was among the most valuable but howow valuable that land wa. Was among the most valuable agricultural lands probably in the entire world at the time. And removal covered the entire United States, we think largely as a southern story and most was a seven story but the word indian peoples in the north and old northwestward moved s as wel but they are much smaller plots of land. You to cover a number of other tribes a who were also expelled from new york and ohio. I know it is different from tribe to tribe and state to state but generally whator kindf rights or autonomy did indians have let say in the south . Youre
Political speeches. Thats what congress had in the reform effort years and years ago, but at the same time the one thing thats clear is that no Government Entity is allowed to make decisions about employment or anything like that based on the politics or the political views or the social views of their employees. I mean, thats analogous to the controversy that now raises about the Internal Revenue service. The Internal Revenue service has a lot of power and a lot of authority, but theres no argument, you cant even make an argument that they are allowed to take into account the political views of the taxpayers. Thats just off the table, and it is indefensible. And so, when something comes up of that sort, it is a scandal. But if it came up in the of the context that you raised first, its just part of life in america. Ladies and gentlemen, on that note, floyd has kindly agreed to sign his book. Again, critics have given it an incredible review, and its just a breathtaking book. Ive read