You pull them together in this book with a larger argument about the failures of liberalism. I thought it might make sense for you to. [inaudible] reading a little bit from that introduction. Oh, sure. Absolutely. The emphasis in essays in this book were written in response to the Anglo American delusions that climaxed in brexit, the election of donald trump and, finally, a calamitous response to the covid19 outbreak. These range from the 19th century dream of imperial liberalism long championed by the colonists in which capital, goods, jobs and people freely circulate through the proclamation of an American Century of free trade and modernization, the attempt by american cold warriors to seduce [inaudible] away from communist revolution and into the gradual u. S. Alternative or consumer capitalism of democracy to the catastrophic humanitarian wars and demagoguic explosions of our times. Wrote in 1957 at the height of the cold war are the fanatics of western civilization who regard the
Cox, along with these Television Companies, supports cspan2 as a public service. Tonights speakerou im very excited to introduce you to her, doctor fay yarbrough, professor of history and an associate dean at rice university. Doctor yarborough is an expert on 19th century native American History and shes got special interest in the interactions between Indigenous People and people of african descent during the 19th century so her first book was well have plenty of time at the end. Ou the way we do discussion. We this is through the q and a box at any time. Feel free to type it in or wait until the end. F well get to as many of your questions as we can. Within an hour and 15 minutes. Around 8 15 eastern time. I id just like to say how grateful i am to have our guest. It wasl. A wonderful book. Thank you very much. Thank you, so much. Good evening, its nice to be hereth with your virtually. Thankh you for spending your tie with me and id like to thank professor for inviting me and a Meli
We, the undersigned members of the Department of History [at the University of Southern California], unequivocally condemn the university administration …