And asked him if he would help me with this project in 1994. But i had wanted to write about ellisons work for a long time. And finally, in 1977, i wrote an essay on ellison, called the historical frequencies of ralph waldo ellison, and in this piece, i try to make the case that ellisons essays, and at that time, many others, some of them werent published at all, and many of the most compelling essays hadnt made it into shadow and act. Ralph says he used to say, society and morality in a novel, tell it like it is, baby, really unbelievably superb in original essays, were rejected for inclusion in shadow and act if you can believe it and i tracked these down and tried to make the case that invisible man his essays rather not only , provided a way to read invisible man but also more broadly provided a way to read American Literature as a continuing kind of engagement with the imperfect union of the declaration of independence, and the constitution and the sacred documents of abraham linc
Dr. James iredell robertson junior associate professor of Civil War History at Virginia Tech. He is the author or editor of various books, including shifting grounds, nationalism and the american south, which won the British Association for american studies but prize, the book prize the jefferson , davis award for the museum of the confederacy, and the albert lee sturm award. His work has appeared in journals such as the journal of southern history and the journal of the civil war era. Among his Research Research project are the South Carolina cosman who achieved notoriety by caning senator Charles Sumner on the floor of the senate in 1856. And mapping the fourth of july and the civil war era, a project with colleagues in education, Computer Science and the libraries at Virginia Tech. He serves on the board of the society of civil war historians, the Editorial Board of the journal of Civil War History, the board of the smithfield press foundation and the historians Advisory Board of th
I am the Senior Historian here at the museum. I am also the executive director for the institute of the study of war and democracy. Tonight is the latest installment of our meet the authors series. We like to mention our sponsor, we bring this to you with the generous support of the strake foundation. So, thank you. Many of you have been to our events before. You know we have a tradition at the museum. May i ask, are there any world war ii veterans or homefront workers in the audience tonight . If you would please stand. Or wave. [applause] thanks, folks. [applause] i heard the president and ceo emeritus, and the current president say as many times, we built this museum for you, so thanks for coming to these events. Military veterans of any other era, if you would stand and wave. [applause] we always know that is a large number. I love the waves. People give different forms of waves. Looks good. I like that one. Thank you so much. We would like to acknowledge three special guests in th
Own. That is what started my historical brain in thinking, how did we get to this point and did it exist historically . So i started to do that project. This project now is sort of a sequel to the first project. Because i discovered in my first book that the history of miscarriage i stopped right around 1900. I realized there was a lot more to the story because by 1900, we still will were not going to a doctor during pregnancy. I was really curious as to win that started, because i thought it was going to happen earlier. That is why i started looking at the development of prenatal care and why exactly women thought that was a good idea. It was not just doctors saying you should come to us. Historically doctors have tried that for many centuries for a variety of reasons and it does not always convince people. I wanted to investigate why women started going to the doctors while pregnant. Steve they did not go to doctors in the 19th century . Shannon no and doctors were not , even trying
Weekends on cspan2 are an intellectual feast. Every saturday American History tv documents american stories, and on sundays booktv brings you the latest i nonfiction books and authors. Funding for cspan2 come from these Television Companies and more including cox. Koolende vries syndrome is extremely rare, but friends dont have to be. When youre connected, youre not alone. Cox, along with these Television Companies, supports cspan2 as a public service. Ten tonight speaker im vey excited to introduce hersh to y, shes dr. Fay yarbrough, professor of history and an associate dean at rice university. Dr. Yarbrough if an expert on 19th century native American History and shes got special interests in the interactions between Indigenous People and people of african descent during the 19th century so her first book was raised in the Cherokee Nation, sovereignty in the 19th century, and her most recent book is called choctaw confederates the American Civil War in indian country. And, of course