And this book had a tremendous effect on many conservatives are free marketeers. I remember as a young writer at the wall street journal learning about it. You did in the vision of it of sorts. What to you think what did you say back then and what changed . I kept the initial book in print as a history of the conservative rise after world war two. More recently have done a book of writings call reappraising the right in which i bring up today some of the more current happenings. While doing that i worked as a historian and biographer wrote several volumes produced on the life of Herbert Hoover. It was not something i expected to do with back after getting my dissertation completed and looking for a job and the academic job market. I was commissioned to write a biography. I felt it made sense because as you mentioned who was a friend and patron and kind of the saintly figure for many of those embattled and beleaguered conservatives in the new deal. So it made sense to me to transition t
But british officials perceived to be in their interest. They might use it at the planters paid travel. Also if slaves were out. The expectation was made clear that if theres a slave revolt in trinidad they were supposed to help suppress the. They were supposed to catch runaways are not receive them into their communities. So its only in the 1830s the british will make a concerted effort, Parliament Passes law for the gradual emancipation through this conversation apprenticeship horrendously cheap on the west indies. Often enslave people get impatient with this and they will rise up and demand more immediate freedom. So it is a tangled process, but it is through it is around civil war. Thats fairly easy to do with the Political Center is in london in the planter class has limited power by the team 30s in parliament. Much less so than that. And he has studied so well when the planter passes far more in parliament and it was in 1830s. Another question here. This is the last one. Im just
There is a musician very much involved them a good living as a computer programmer. Some of the most shoplifted and lived in squats. So theres all sorts of different people. Unfortunately, weve run out of time. 20 thank you for questions. Human to touch on many areas i hope we would have more time to explore and theres so much more in the book. Masha gessen will be signing outside. Id like to ask all of you to think about supporting the program that brings these kinds of writers to los angeles. Donations of course i am sure if you talk to luis outside, you can find out a way to handle that. Look forward to Masha Gessens new work. Shes riding on the boston massacre. When do you expect [inaudible] you can look forward to that. 20 thank you so much for coming to los angeles. That [applause] [inaudible conversations] up next, after words, with guest host amity shlaes, author of the forgotten man. This week, Herbert Hoover asks burke, george nash in his latest, tree in a period in it, the H
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