Karen welcome. Thank you all for being here. Before we get started, i just want to tell you that i am so happy to be having this event because we never get to talk about history and historians. We always talk about politics and the law and Foreign Policy. And it is all very interesting. But those of you who know me know that i like the history. And i think it wouldve been a very good thing if more historians were weighing in more frequently and people who write about politics in a historical vein and people who think about whats come before. We dont have enough of it and this is our meager attempt to try to do that. Before we get started, let me just say that this is being recorded by cspan. You know the routine, which means that when you get the mic, speak into the mic, wait for the mic before you speak. And be aware of the fact that its being recorded. So before we get started with our discussion, let me introduce the men to my left. Jim banner who edited the book president ial misco
This is our meager attempt to try to do that. Before we get started, let me just say that this is being recorded by cspan. You know the routine, which means that when you get the mic, speak into the mic, wait for the mic before you speak. And be aware of the fact that its being recorded. So before we get started with our discussion, let me introduce the men to my left. Jim banner who edited the book president ial misconduct, which is our kickoff for our discussion tonight, is a visiting scholar in history at George Washington university, having spent most of his career teaching at princeton. Hes the founding director of the history news service. His most recent book is being a historian and introduction to the professional world of history. Again, i think it is about the profession and the worldview. He has edited and written numerous books, including the one we are featuring tonight. He is one of the creators of the National History center. Jackson leers is the board of governors prof
Historians were weighing in more frequently. We dont have enough of it. This is our attempt to do that. Before we get started, let me say that this is being recorded by cspan. When you get the microphone, speak into the microphone. Wait for it for you speak. Before you speak. Be aware of the fact that it is being recorded. Before we get started, let me introduce the men to my left. Jim banner, an editor of a book about president ial misconduct. That is the kickoff for our discussion. A visiting scholar of history a , historian who spent most of his career teaching at princeton. His most recent book is about being a historian. I think it is about the profession and the worldview. He has edited and written numerous books. Including the one we are featuring tonight. He is one of the creators of the National History center. Jackson, the editorinchief. Let me tell you how i know him. I was a graduate student at yale. People would always say, there is this great historian. He is going to be
At cspan. Org. Welcome to the poly side and also some graduate student sitting in the back of gotten up ofhandouts for you all. Greetings to our friends watching this on the cspan lectures and history series. So just a quick reminder on thursday and were in a circle with the writing assignment and get back a test. I know were getting very close to spring break if you are not able to make it you have e opportunities to get the assignment and ask plenty of questions and i will of course hand exams back after the break as well. Any logistical questions about that . Okay. Im going to get us started with scheduledto program here. Today worked on by the president ial legacy of jimmy carter who is president from 1977 until 1981. Our lectures tired entitled whynot the best which is also te title of his campaign biography gives us some insight to keep that title in mind as we think about carters political projects and legacy. Im going to start us off here with jimmy carter in the news. A couple
Ed a the senate is not in session for the month of august and september to allow lawmakers to work in their home state. They will be back for legislative business on tuesday, september 5th. We will bring you live coverage on cspan2. Right now we return to American History tv. The big question, the legacy. What does this mean for american politics and i want to end by talking about carter as a transition point. Using my own work as a jumping off point but why carter is in the class of a transition point between our two units as well as transition point and in the presidency and its role in american politics. And any preliminarystions, comments, concerns . So we start with a political backdrop here. This is familiar territory to you all. He weve got president richard nixon, the last president elected before carter. A brief gerald ford interlude after nixon resigns in watergate. We talked about this a couple weeks ago. A real moment of declining trust in the government, declining trust, s