Institute of native american studies. Author of three previous books. West of the revolution. Thank you so much for joining us and welcome. Let me think the atlanta history center. Unworthy republic challenges the idea that some histories have the expulsion of the how much land first that they own in the southeast in the decades before the 1830s. They are a huge amount of half of alabama and two thirds of what became mississippi about a fifth of georgia. And its not just about how much land they own. But how much valuable the land was probably in the entire world. At the time. It covered the entire United States. We think of it as a southern story. And it mostly was. The indian people in the north who were removed as well. They are much smaller. By the early 19th century. You do cover a number of other tribes. I know that it is different from tribe to tribe and state to state. What kind of autonomy do they head in the south. What kind of autonomy do they head in the south. It was also
My name is jim firewood on the executive Vice President of the Richard Nixon foundation. Welcome to the nixon levers 2020 rate authors series hosted by hewitt. Like to start by thanking of all for participating in todays program, especially those of submitted questions for our guests to answer bird everyone watching tonight is providing a tremendous amount of support for the Nixon Library as we closed as an institution for six month months. I encourage you to sign up for nixon membership and to visit that go to Nixon Library right after this program ends. Today, our ghastly son son of the president of the united states, a member of the first family, donald trump junior but hes executive Vice President of the Trump Organization looking too expand the retail wealth and real estate portfolio. Hes ever seen a number of projects starting in family 2001 he is now leading global acquisitions today mr. Trump is joined by hugh hewitt. Host of the hugh hewitt show nbc contributor annie Washingto
Has appeared in many areas. Hes from vermont and is a distinguished professor sociology the Graduate Center and the author of the bestselling for Peoples Movement regulating the poor and why americans dont vote with the late richard gaye. Please join me in using your zoom clap or heart reactions to welcome him to your living room. High everyone thanks for joining us. Fran can hear me with the thumbs up . Yes i can hear you hello everyone. Should we begin our discussion . Sure, sure. Jamie, why dont you begin by telling us a little bit about the book and especially about why you were inspired to work on it. Thanks for hosting this event ive had the pleasure of working with fran for a very long time ive always appreciated your support. So, this latest book, came out with an interest i had a very long time ago i guess about always having a political sensibility that the reduction of worktime is a public good. And should be a goal of social movements. And, it was not until i got to middleb
Even i can say that its a vast understatement to say that we are living through a moment of profound upheaval by the domestic landscape. The american primacy is in the Rearview Mirror and the road ahead is in preoccupation. People lose perspective and to lurch from the illusion of neatly restoring our yen up oral dominance and the equally illusory idea that we can disengage from the rest of the world and focus on ourselves. What rebecca and mira have done in this illuminating book in an extraordinarily thoughtful and historically grounded am at least sensible approach to reinventing u. S. Foreignpolicy mindful of the limits of our power but optimistic about its possibilities. Their strategy of openness marries the crucial importance of discipline and restraint in an appreciation of the potential of the hand that we still have to play and a number of other players especially our allies and partners who share a broad interest in the world. None of that should surprise us because mira and
Tonights speakers. Jamie mccallum is associate professor of sociology, Middlebury College and has work has been featured in the new york times, new yorker, washington post, jacobin, dissent and, numerous scholarly journals. Jamie is also an elected School Board Representative in vermont and a volunteer. He is joined in conversation tonight by Daniel Schneider the Malcolm Weiner professor of social policy at the Harvard Kennedy and professor of sociology at harvard university. His focuses on precarious work, demography and inequality air tonight. Jamie presenting his new book, a central how the pandemic transformed the long fight for worker justice through firsthand Research Conducted as the pandemic unfolded. Jamie traces the evolution of militancy, showing how their struggles for safer workplaces, pay and health care and the right to unionize benefited all americans and spurred a radical new phase of the Labor Movement. Throughout the coronavirus pandemic essential workers lashed out