[inaudible] its only with your support we are able to bring to you wonderful authors to the literary community. We really appreciate your purchases and support. Thank you for showing up. We have several upcoming events, author of abjoining us on the 13th to discuss her book on the roots of black trouble in america. [inaudible] [inaudible] be sure to check out our calendar online. We have a bunch of events coming up to february. Without further ado, Tony Pecinovsky is a journalist, activist, politician from st. Louis missouri abthe member of the communist party usa answers of the district archive of the party in missouri. Hes contributed to peoples world comes a single Southern Illinois tribune, labor tribune, shoko report and a [inaudible] from 2010 to 2015 he served as a member of several political and labor organizations including the united media guild, greater st. Louis ab and served as delegate to the greater st. Louis central labor council. Trend nine[inaudible] [inaudible] [inau
Cspan2 with top Nonfiction Book authors every weekend. Book tv, television for serious readers. Good evening, everyone, welcome to the bookshop, we are happy you are here tonight to we are happy to have Megan Kate Nelson with us with her new book, the threecornered war, the union, confederacy and native people and the site for the west. This is an engrossing narrative account which shows how the civil war, the indian wars in western expansion are all interconnected, the 1860s were a time of National Conflict which involved not only the north and south but also the mark in west. Her primary Source Research involves letters and diaries, military records and oral histories and photographs and maps from that time and nelson write specifically about nine individuals who worked toward Self Determination in the fight for the region. Some of these people are fairly known to us like frontiersmen, and wanita who we get to know their stories lost to history until now. And nelson unearth their sto
Of the Richmond Center, i also served as the dean of Columbia Law School from 20042014 which i mention for a very particular reason. I was the dean when professor anu bradford joined our faculty, and its one of my very proud moments is when we persuaded her to do that. So im honored to kick off what i know is going to be a fascinating discussion about the influence of europe on the global marketplace. Last year the wall street journal called the decline of europe as a force in World Affairs the most consequential shift of the last hundred years. And there is some truth in that. Since world war ii the military influence of europe has certainly declined, and its also true that europes Economic Growth has not compared favorably with that of the United States or, for example, with china or india. And, of course, efforts to maintain an Economic Union within europe have been more complicated lately with brexit, as we all know. But still i think professor bradford sees things a little bit dif
More than a few books at this point, they seem to all or lease a couple of them have the title how we became something. [laughter] you might want to steer clear of that or explain that at some point. Anyway, today the format is going to be that i will engage ross in a conversation about the book. I actually had the pleasure of reading it really is an interesting book. Not the typical harangue on think the way things are, but it takes a nice tact to explore whats going on in our culture. Once he and i have exhausted each other, we will then open up a conversation to the rest of you so there will be people here with microphones. If you have a question, please raise your hands and they will approach you. Dont be alarmed, make your question, ross will engage you. And of course, as i always do i implore you to phrase a question to people. But the more time ross has to respond the better for everybody. So if you can avoid making a speech that would be great. Just a nice pointed question. Aga
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