All weekend, every weekend on cspan3. Historians who edited or wrote essays for the book reinterpreting seven histories talk about new avenues for understanding the history of the south. Topics discussed include native americans, the civil war, slavery, the environment, and the Great Depression. This panel was part of the 2019 Southern Historical Association Annual conference. Good afternoon and thank you for joining us on this panel about southern history. I am lori glover and work at st. Louis university my cochair is Craig Thompson from North Carolina state university. Decades since two the publication of interpreting southern history. Survey of theark scholarship that historians produced since 1965. The publication date of writing southern history. It marked a critical moment in southern historiography. The 1965 volume has surveyed the scholarly landscape. In 1987, the authors in interpreting history raised difficult questions about the direction of the discipline including challen
Oklahoma, an awardwinning journalist and the author of multiple books, this being the most recent. For two decades in the school of journalism, more recently in the school of international and public affairs. Before we begin, let me thank the Madison Public Library, Madison Public Library foundation. All the sponsors who contributed to making this a successful event and the director of the book festival who organized this celebration of books and authors over the four day weekend. On behalf of the Madison Institute i want to thank the w foundation, charitable arm of the Capital Times and many individual donors of Madison Institute who help our efforts to support and illuminate issues of public policy. Ann nelson will cast light on how the council for International Policy which was created in 1981 is worked for four decades to channel money and people to influence the outcome of our elections and public policy. The book is been praised by a number of individuals including nancy mclean w
Are here in the room and all of you watching at home at cspan book tv, we are delight today start the third day of this years fourth day celebration, today we will do 32 events, i hope you are all staying all day. [laughter] we couldnt be more delighted, thank you for making more time in the morning and check out schedule and come back for more things tomorrow, we will star today, how we win, shes in conversation with hannah and i will send you over to them. [applause] okay, what have i dont . Anyone who knows me, technology is not my friend. [laughter] hi, welcome to madison. Thank you. Let me just tell you a little bit about sarah, her bio is on the website, its in your information and its on the book that you all will be buying many copies of. [laughter] but sarah is a very incrediblable woman, she was getting ready to leave after president bush the second and getting ready to go until Hillary Clinton brought her in the office and said, talk to me about what youre doing and she said
The fight for cyber supremacy. Land day, no mans surviving america in the 21st century. Gatekeepers. E author series, all this week at 8 a. M. Eastern, on cspan, cspan. Org, and cspan radio. Recent debate on capitalism and socialism with editors and academics. Nick gillespie argued in favor of capitalism. A New York University professor argued in favor of socialism. Michelle goldberg, New York Times columnist, moderated the debate. This is one hour and 20 minutes. [applause] they can also much for coming out on a friday night. We are here to discuss that capitalism improves the standards of living and provides economic opportunity. The reason i was intrigued when someone asked me if i wanted to do this i came of age at a when it seems as if alternatives to capitalism had been completely discredited. Remember, how much you have seen if there was really no alternative. It doesnt matter what you think of human mortality, the m imaginefact of life, i that if you are coming of age now, it s
Professor argued in favor of socialism. This took place in new york city. [applause] thank you so much for coming out on a friday night. [applause] we are here to debate out on a friday night. The proposition that capitalism is the best way to improve standards of living, ensures liberal and economic freedoms and provides opportunity. The reason that i was intrigued when bhaskar asked me if i wanted to do this, im sort of persuadable on this issue. I came of age at a time when it seemed as if alternatives to capitalism has been completely discredited. I think its hard to remember or hard to understand if you werent around then, how much it seem as if there was really no alternative. It kind of didnt matter what you thought of capitalism just like it doesnt matter what you think of human mortality. It was inevitable fact of life after fall of communism. If you are coming of age now, it seems that just as communism had failed, capitalism has now failed. Were governed by this comic book o