The 1997 winner of the Allen N Nevins prize. Her most recent work warning lincoln which was published this year is already garnering praise. Reviewers have described it as original and ingenious approach. A lyrical and important study. Our own michael whom is no stranger to such basicaccolades called it a stunning piece of research. That is high praise coming from a master researcher. When shes not writing books, shes receivinge inging awards for her teaching. Despite her research commitments and teaching obligations, she gives lectures around the nation and the world and engages diverse audiences through public media. You can hear her on tuesday this coming tuesday, march 24th on nprs show where she will be discussing her new book. Please welcome professor martha hodes. [ applause ] good afternoon. Im happy to be part of this event. Ive been teaching the civil war for nearly 25 years. I call my course race, civil war and reconstruction. I want to draw my students about larger historic
Nevins prize. Her most recent work warning lincoln which was published this year is already garnering praise. Reviewers have described it as original and ingenious approach. A lyrical and important study. Our own michael whom is no stranger to such basicaccolades called it a stunning piece of research. That is high praise coming from a master researcher. When shes not writing books, shes receivinge inging awards for her teaching. Despite her research commitments and teaching obligations, she gives lectures around the nation and the world and engages diverse audiences through public media. You can hear her on tuesday this coming tuesday, march 24th on nprs show where she will be discussing her new book. Please welcome professor martha hodes. [ applause ] good afternoon. Im happy to be part of this event. Ive been teaching the civil war for nearly 25 years. I call my course race, civil war and reconstruction. I want to draw my students about larger historical questions. Ive always had a
I read men and women, children too. Rich and poor, the known and the unknown. Because of this emergent and diaries, letters, and other writings, i found a lot that surprised me. Its made clear to me that no matter how majestic and resplendent or the public ceremonies honoring lincoln this end of the war moment was not a time of unity and closure. In the cacophony that ensued people that is agreed about the meaning of the war talked past and over one another. The immediate aftermath of lincolns assassination, those hours, days and weeks, i soon realized where a key moment of intense strife that had been left out of the story. And a moment that resonates into the present day. With Union Victory and confederate defeat that first week of april, 1865, everything was at stake. Black freedom had been teased and deliver, but would it last . Peace would soon be declared but could it endure . How could confederate the brought back into the citizenry . Where and how would former slaves live and w
Nevins prize. Her most recent work warning lincoln which was published this year is already garnering praise. Reviewers have described it as original and ingenious approach. A lyrical and important study. Our own michael whom is no stranger to such basicaccolades called it a stunning piece of research. That is high praise coming from a master researcher. When shes not writing books, shes receivinge inging awards for her teaching. Despite her research commitments and teaching obligations, she gives lectures around the nation and the world and engages diverse audiences through public media. You can hear her on tuesday this coming tuesday, march 24th on nprs show where she will be discussing her new book. Please welcome professor martha hodes. [ applause ] good afternoon. Im happy to be part of this event. Ive been teaching the civil war for nearly 25 years. I call my course race, civil war and reconstruction. I want to draw my students about larger historical questions. Ive always had a
Smart phones to google, and selling motorola to lenovo, a huge haircut, but google is holding onto the valuable patents and it looks like stuart was right. Tv ratings for president obamas state of the younion at the lowt since bill clintons. Stay tuned, Varney Company is about to begin. The economy grew just over 3 at an annual rate of the last three months of the last year and thats in line with wall street estimates except consumer spending, that was as strong as its been in three years and say it again, the economy is growing even after or maybe because of Government Spending is in a freefall. Two news items out of washington for you this morning. First, president obama pushes for the two largest trade deals in u. S. History while a major roadblock, those obstructionists following president obamas state of the Union Address, this comes from Senate Majority leader harry reid saying he will not bring legislation to the floor that will give the president greater trading power. And reme