City. This conversation took place online due to the coronavirus pandemic. The New York Historical society provided a video. Good evening everyone. Im delighted and have the opportunity to talk to my good friend and professional colleague, harold. I want to remind you that you can ask questions anytime during the program by using the q a buttons. We will get to your questions after the conversation. Lets turn our attention to some objects that help us describe the civil war. In the history museum, objects to a lot of heavy lifting and standing in for a larger historical narratives be on the characteristics that define the objects itself. Let us just talk for a moment about the book civil war and 50 objects which inspired this program. Harold, tell us about it and how did the objects help to develop the complex story of the civil war . Its extraordinary, really, because when we undertook this project eight years ago it was difficult to find the objects, although we think they tell the s
Artifacts featured in their joint publication. In this, they discuss objects relateded to the july 1863 draft riots in new york city. This conversation took place online due to the coronavirus pandemic. The New York Historical society provided the video. Good evening, everyone. Im delighted to again have the opportunity to talk with my good friend and professional colleague, Harold Holzer. Before we get started, i want to remind you, you can ask questions anytime during the program by using the q a button at the bottom of in my case, top of your screens. Well get to your questions after our conversation. And now lets turn our attention to some objects that help us describe the civil war. In the history museum, objects do a lot of heavy lifting and standing in for larger historical narratives beyond the characteristics that define the object itself. So, lets just talk for a moment about the book, civil war and 50 objects, which inspired this program. Harold, tell us about it and how did
You know im going to read some poems im going to think of some poems that america right now because we are the u. S. Dollar we are so we are the empire and you know robert frost said the woods is lovely dark and deep but i have promises to keep in many miles to go before i sleep and of course Emily Dickinson said something along the lines of because i could not stop for death you know i was just too busy i had all these things to do lunch appointments all that sort of stuff he kindly stopped for me the same thing is like were very busy i guess bit busier busier we have all sorts of cultural issues and partisan war and all this sort of stuff going on but if you look calmly around you you see that death has stopped kindly for the us empire and all its debt its easier to pretend our Economic System works and just blow endless asset bubbles yesterday saw the us comprehensively beat china not in any sporting sense and certainly not in any dimension of the current cold war for those who stil
After our conversation. Lets turn our attention to some objects that help us describe the civil war. In the history museum, does a lot of heavy lifting and stands in for historical narratives, beyond the characteristics that define the object itself. So, lets just talk for a moment about the civil war and 50 objects, which is why this program. Harold, tell us about it and how the objects can help tell the complex story of the civil war. It is extraordinary, really, because when we undertook this project, eight years ago, it was difficult to find just 50 objects, although we think they tell the story of the war. It is a story of art, as you mentioned, artifacts, art, and objects standing in for the larger story. The story about race, the story about militarization, the story about descent, soldier live, civilian life. But it is also a story about collecting and about the New York Historical society as the trove of this citys lore from the revolutionary periods to today. So i think it is
Right now because we are the u. S. Dollar. We are so we are the empire and you know robert frost said the woods is lovely dark and deep but i have promises to keep in many miles to go before i sleep and of course Emily Dickinson said something along the lines of because i could not stop for death you know i was just too busy i had all these things to do lunch appointments all that sort of stuff he kindly stopped for me the same thing as like were very busy i guess bit busier busier we have all sorts of cultural issues and partisan war and all this sort of stuff going on but if you look calmly around you you see that death has stopped kindly for the us empire and all its debt its easier to pretend our Economic System works and just blow endless asset bubbles yesterday saw the us comprehensively beat china not in any sporting sense and certainly not in any dimension of the current cold war for those who still like to think the latter isnt happening just listen to what u. S. Attorney gene