Individuals one by one, approximately twothirds survived and approximately half of them ultimately emigrated to the United States. Ladies and gentlemen we have reached our time. [applause] [applause] i would like to thank all of you for being here this evening. We thank professor breitman and you can see how much work there is being done and cant be done on that odd sounding period unamerican the holocaust. I hope youll continue to come to our programs. Good evening. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [applause] thank you. If you dont mind im going to sit rather than go to the podium. I have had a few help problems and i would just as soon not test myself. I thank you for coming tonight. In thinking about the problem of liberalism, i have to start off with a simple problem. Most people including most people who think they have studied the subject, have a very weak idea of the history of liberalism whether it be on the left or the ri
[applause] thank you. I am going to sit rapid and go to the podium. I have had a few health problems. Just as soon not test myself. Thank you for coming tonight. In thinking about the problem of liberalism, i have to start with a simple problem. Most people including most people who think they have studied the subject have a very weak idea of the history of liberalism weather on the left or the right. There is an idea that you started with progressivism, you moved on i and teasing you start with progressivism, proceeded to the new deal and went on to the Great Society and it is a continuous flow. The trouble is is simply not true. Most progressives could not become new dealers. Very few republican progressives, remember progressivism was a bipartisan movement, the republican and democratic party. Very few republican progressives became new dealers and not surprisingly enough, among the democratic progressives, the group most likely to become new dealers were social workers, and they sa
Lending policy can exacerbate the issue. Take the issue of coal. I think right now china is buying 50 of the worlds coal or something really high like that but thats clearly a function of their lending. More practices alone would reduce the consumption of coal. I dont think its central for the issue to bring up but its in there somewhere. Any last words . What do you want everyone to remember as they leave today . I just want to say thank you. Im really grateful that everybody came and im grateful to you and tyler are giving up a little time this evening. It i greatly appreciated. Thank you. [applause] richard will be signing books in the back so pick up a copy and thanks everyone for coming. The questions were fabulous. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] this battle was fought in the 1920s by progressives Randolph Bourne and leader Herbert Marcuse who wanted to have what they call the transnational america which was a place where you would have different pocke pockets
Not appropriate for a kindergartener or a middle school class. You can watch this entire interview at booktv. Org. On facebook we posted a link about the first degree in selfpublishing to be offered at the university of central lancashire and to recognize the tenth anniversary of facebook, we posted the 2010 presentation of the facebook effect. On facebook you have to really be yourself in order to get the benefits that the software is designed to give you. In other words, you can pretend to be someone youre not, but you wont really have a lot of friends, because the whole point of facebook is to connect with people you really know, and theyre not going to know its you if you dont use your real name. Follow us on twitter booktv and like us on facebook, facebook. Com booktv for more news about the world of publishing and whats happening on booktv. Fred siegel argues that the roots of modern liberalism can be found in the writings of postworld war i figures like Sinclair Lewis, Randolph
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