Great modern american historians. One of the things that makes him great, he really mines the resources of president ial libraries. He has come here to the carter library, gone through and found very interesting documents other people had not seen before. Hes done that at other president ial libraries. Combined with that, he has also mined the resources of archives on various evangelical organizations that have become involved in politics. In addition to that, on top of his Research Skills he is an excellent writer. I had the privilege of reading many of his books including the one thats just come out. I can tell you as much as i have followed the subjects and done my own research, there were many points i came across new information, i said, wow, that really explains whats going on. If you want to understand the difference in the United States between the 1970s and 1980s. In case you have forgotten, there were very significant differences and you wanted to know about the transition to
Election and his defeat in 1980 by mr. Reagan. Mr. Balmer spoke at the Jimmy Carter Museum in atlanta back in 2014. Welcome. Its a pleasure for me tonight to introduce randall balmer, professor of arts and sciences at dartmouth college. I have followed his career for a long time. His under graduate work was done at a school where my father was a dean and my brother joe attended that school at the same time. And randy has turned into one of our great, modern american historians. One of the things that makes him great is he really minds the resources of president ial libraries. He really mines the resources of president ial libraries. He has come to the carter library, gone through and found very interesting documents that other people had not seen before. And he has done that at other president ial libraries. Combined with that, he has also mined the resources of the archives on various evangelical organizations that have become involved in politics. And on top of his research skills, h
Library and has gone through and found a very interesting documents that other people have not seen before and he has done that at other president ial libraries. Combined with that, he has also mined the resources of the archives on various evangelical organizations that have become involved in politics. And in addition to that, on top of his research skills, he is an excellent writer. Ive had the privilege of reading many of his books, including the one thats just come out. And i can tell you that as much as i followed the subjects and have done my own research there were many points i came across new information and said wow, that really explains whats going on. So if you want to understand the difference in the United States in the 1970s, and 1980s, and in case you have forgotten, there were significant differences. And you want to know about the sort of transition to the time when jimmy carter was president to the time when Ronald Reagan was president. If you want to understand the
His undergraduate work was done where my father and my brother attended that school at the same time, and randy has turned into one of our great modern american historians. One of the things that makes him great is that he minds the resources of the president ial libraries. He has come here to the Carter Library and has gone through and found a very interesting document that other people have not seen before and he has done that at other president ial libraries. Combined with that he is also mind the resources of the archives on various evangelical organizations that have become involved in politics. And in addition to that on top of his Research Skills come he , he is an excellent writer. Ive had the privilege of reading many of his books including the one thats just come out. And i can tell you that as much as i followed the subjects and have done my own research there were many points i came across new information and said wow , that really explains whats going on. So if you want to
There good at giving details that Even Congress is not capable of getting. So really were here to see what a judge is going to decide which will determine whether we will get any more determination about what happens. I am hopeful that we will at least seem more documentation, we just going have to wait and see. All right. Thanks, guys. [applause] you are watching 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books on cspan2 book tv. Television for serious readers. Historian an episcopal priest examines the roles of religion play in the election and defeat of former president jimmy carter. The author reports that the camera to the progressive evangelicalism was a factor in his winning 1976 election. However, the same events of the population is supportive of that in a president s First Campaign deserted him for years later in favor from reagan. This is just over an hour. Welcome. It is a pleasure tonight to introduce randall bomber who is the family professor of arts and sciences at dartmouth col