At first, my publisher, editor, and i were thinking should we just call it scalia but we wanted something larger because he is larger. It talks about his italian ba background. And the originalism is him looking back at what they founders wanted in the document and how it should be interpreted today. It was the committee, the title of the original, reflecting him as an original, and a first generation and a proponent of the originalism theory. There is no one like him ever on the Supreme Court. Is that what you thought about . So many people are intrigued by my choice. The first biography i did was Justice Oconnor but for people that dont know the court he is one of the nine, a conservative, and outspoken but why focus on him . He is an original. You know firsthand and have been following him and close to him for decades. He is so distinctive in style but he is distinctive among his career as well. You mention the opera. I think of Justice Scalia as someone who might have been an opera
American radical tradition. We started with the American Revolution and have been going through the Abolitionist Movement, early feminism, the civil war reconstruction, labor conflict in the gilded age, the populist movement now we are entering into the 20th century. In the next couple of weeks, we will look at the progressive era, a period of a lot of labor unrest, Industrial Workers of the world, the Womens Suffrage Movement coming to the fore, municipal reform, many other things. But today, our subject is the socialist party. The rise of socialism as a key element of american radicalism in the early 20th century. On a reading list, the chapter by michael casing gives a good quick summary of this moment in the various kinds of socialism at that time. From 1860 at least onward, there had been some kind of socialist presence in the u. S. But largely confined to immigrants from europe, particularly germans, english. The emergence of a mass socialist movement with a base in the u. S. Pol
And the socialist party of America President ial campaigns of eugene debs. This class is one hour and 10 minutes. Prof. Foner this is called the american radical tradition. We started with the American Revolution and have been going through the Abolitionist Movement, early feminism, the civil war reconstruction, labor conflict in the gilded age, the populist movement now we are entering into the 20th century. In the next couple of weeks, we will look at the progressive era, a period of a lot of labor unrest, Industrial Workers of the world, the Womens Suffrage Movement coming to the fore, municipal reform, many other things. But today, our subject is the socialist party. The rise of socialism as a key element of american radicalism in the early 20th century. On a reading list, the chapter by michael casing gives a good quick summary of this moment in the various kinds of socialism at that time. From 1860 at least onward, there had been some kind of socialist presence in the u. S. But l
American radical tradition. We started with the American Revolution and have been going through the Abolitionist Movement, early feminism, the civil war reconstruction, labor conflict in the gilded age, the populist movement now we are entering into the 20th century. In the next couple of weeks, we will look at the progressive era, a period of a lot of labor unrest, Industrial Workers of the world, the Womens Suffrage Movement coming to the fore, municipal reform, many other things. But today, our subject is the socialist party. The rise of socialism as a key element of american radicalism in the early 20th century. On a reading list, the chapter by michael casing gives a good quick summary of this moment in the various kinds of socialism at that time. From 1860 at least onward, there had been some kind of socialist presence in the u. S. But largely confined to immigrants from europe, particularly germans, english. The emergence of a mass socialist movement with a base in the u. S. Pol
And the socialist party of America President ial campaigns of eugene debs. This class is one hour and 10 minutes. Prof. Foner this is called the american radical tradition. We started with the American Revolution and have been going through the Abolitionist Movement, early feminism, the civil war reconstruction, labor conflict in the gilded age, the populist movement now we are entering into the 20th century. In the next couple of weeks, we will look at the progressive era, a period of a lot of labor unrest, Industrial Workers of the world, the Womens Suffrage Movement coming to the fore, municipal reform, many other things. But today, our subject is the socialist party. The rise of socialism as a key element of american radicalism in the early 20th century. On a reading list, the chapter by michael casing gives a good quick summary of this moment in the various kinds of socialism at that time. From 1860 at least onward, there had been some kind of socialist presence in the u. S. But l