How arms trading contributed to an american victory. He talks but capitalisms role in the haitian revolution. This program was part of the society for historians annual meeting. It is about 50 minutes. Its my great pleasure to introduce our featured speaker for todays lunch. You are in for a treat. You made a smart decision to be in this room right now. Thats not in here. Professor bryan delay is a native of colorado springs. He grew up in of the springs i am a former resident of the springs. He obtained his bachelors at the university of colorado and his doctorate at harvard. He has been serving as an associate professor of history at the university of california berkeley, what some of us call the other School Across the bay. Professor delay is known best for his book war of a thousand deserts which won 5 major book prizes. He also won multiple book prizes. He has even ventured into the realm of art history in a terrific essay on winslow homers famous painting, watson and the shark. E
He grew up in the springs i am a former resident of the springs. Pardon me. He obtained his bachelors at the university of colorado and his doctorate at harvard. He has been serving as an associate professor of history at the university of california berkeley, what some of us like to call that other School Across the bay. Professor delay is known best for his 2008 book war of a thousand deserts which won 5 major book prizes. His scholarly articles have won multiple book prizes. He has even ventured into the realm of art history in a terrific essay on winslow homers famous painting, watson and the shark. Just published in the new collection entitled the familiar made strange american artifacts after the transnational turn. Brians new contract under ww norton is to be called shoot the state arms, capitalism, and freedom in america before gun control. Professor delay is also a multiple awardwinning teacher who has served on an organization of american historians and a fulbright distinguis
Berkeley, what some of us call the other School Across the bay. Professor delay is known best for his book war of a thousand deserts which won 5 major book prizes. His scholarly articles also won multiple book prizes. He has even ventured into the realm of art history in a terrific essay on winslow homers famous painting, watson and the shark. Entitled the familiar made strange american artifacts after the transnational turn. His new contract under ww norton is to be called shoot the state arms, capitalism, and freedom. Professor delay is also a multiple awardwinning teacher who has served on an organization of american historians and a fulbright distinguished lecturer in japan. He won many distinctions. Yet i must add that professor delay wears these achievements lightly. He is great company. Bryan will be speaking to us today on the topic of guns, capitalism, and the independence of the americas. I give you one of your own, bryan delay. [applause] prof. Delay good afternoon everybody
We do begin on a more serious note this hour. Help us, that is the message thousands of typhoon survivors are saying as food and water and medicine has been slow to reach hard hit areas. Aid has been arriving to the airport but getting it out to the city and local towns where roads are washed out and emergency crew killed has been quite difficult. It tops 2300 and at least two americans were among them. Ian williams is in the philippines. Ian, the flow of the aid as many people have commented seems frustratingly slow. What is being done to improve that flow of aid . Reporter ari, there is aid in country and theres plenty more on its way. The real problem is getting it to where its most needed. The Philippine Government described this as the biggest and most challenging logistical effort theyve ever undertaken here. They said they are dealing with it and are promising to step things up but not nearly quick enough for those desperate survivors. Now, one of the problems was the local gove
Anti-Catholic Protestant polemicist James Swan argued that it was exclusively Calvinist to believe that faith is a gift of God's grace. I prove that this is also a Catholic dogma.