Institute of native american studies. Author of three previous books. West of the revolution. Thank you so much for joining us and welcome. Let me think the atlanta history center. Unworthy republic challenges the idea that some histories have the expulsion of the how much land first that they own in the southeast in the decades before the 1830s. They are a huge amount of half of alabama and two thirds of what became mississippi about a fifth of georgia. And its not just about how much land they own. But how much valuable the land was probably in the entire world. At the time. It covered the entire United States. We think of it as a southern story. And it mostly was. The indian people in the north who were removed as well. They are much smaller. By the early 19th century. You do cover a number of other tribes. I know that it is different from tribe to tribe and state to state. What kind of autonomy do they head in the south. What kind of autonomy do they head in the south. It was also
Good afternoon. Good afternoon, and id like to personally welcome you to the texas book festival in austin, texas. The greatest book festival inn the united states. [applause] my name is brian sweeney. Im a proud board member of the texas book festival so you couln totally trust me when i say that. [laughing] an esteem panel of two writers. I very much admire for a panel called falsehood, forgery and fake news. I often think that the times person of your this very well may be fake news. Fake news he so ingrained in every aspect of our lives in terms of how we consume our media and understanding our political discord in the large decisions we make as a country going id like to introduce our panel today. What is an esteemed writer andou poet kevin young. [applause] , hes the author of several books in 10 volumes of poetry with the latest we will discuss today called bunk. How can you not want to read that . Kevin also just started on wednesday as the new poetry editor of the new yorker.
Great recession. Think about what happened nationally, the proportion of jobs the disappeared in the manufacturing sector, that was true, a lot of the jobs that were lost paid pretty well but had not required Higher Education to get. More men than women lost jobs in this recession. I thought that this was a community that had a number of qualities in lost jobs that other people around the country would understand and identify with. I also had the sense jamesville might fit into the sweep of history. I remember the first time i found the Youtube Video for speech barack obama gave at the Assembly Plant in february 2008. I dont know if you remember him coming. I remember the first time i listened to the video saying the promise of jamesville is in the part of the domestic war effort in world war ii and the plant stopped making vehicles and started turning out artillery shells. It have its own big moments. I just like that part of history. And before i knew anything about this community or
Watching has already seen this. But whats interesting for me in being asked to do that is im not on the opposite side of you when it comes to President Trump but the first sentence in your book, this is not a book about donald trump area the right lots of bits mind is the title. Immediately you are taking a stand with the title but what id like to do is make sure Everybody Knows what your background is. Some tweets came back why are you doing that. Hes a never trumper. What to do first since everyone watching no doubt would have a different idea of what conservatism is, before we get into the meat of this and i will speak to bite on background, explain to everyone who is listening what conservatism means to you. Guest thats an interesting question because thats up in the air. It seems to be being redefined on a regular basis. Conservatism was all about limited government, fiscal responsibility, individual freedom, respect for the constitution. Kind of an inclusive aspirational vision t
Good morning. Its tuesday 31st october. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live the bank of england is warning that 75,000 jobs could be lost from britains Financial Services sector if the uk leaves the European Union without a trade deal. Senior figures at the bank of england are said to be using the number as a reasonable scenario in their planning for the future but are thought to be optimistic that negotiations will be successful. 0ur economics editor, kamal ahmed, reports. It will be one of the toughest challenges facing the brexit negotiators, untangling the multitrillion pound Financial Services industry which links the uk with the rest of the European Union. Banks and Financial Companies based in britain pay £67 billion in taxes each year and contribute a trade surplus of £58 billion, helping the uks economy. Many eu countries would like a slice of the sector and see brexit as an opportunity. Frankfurt and paris, for example, are marketing themselves as new places to