You today by your television profess provideer. And now on book tv we are live with author and Harvard University history professor jill lepore who over the next 2 hours will be taking your calls and comments. Professors book include secret history of wonder woman, these truths, history of the United States and the newly published if then, about the cold war origins of data mining and social manipulation. Harvard professor jill lapore, before we get into the substance of your book, as a historian, what is your contemporary view of how our world is going to be viewed . [laughter] guest i think we have so little perspective on this moment that it is quite impossible to say. I think the perception that many people in the United States and, of course, also around the world have that this is an extraordinary uni shall time is something that we are in a time out of time will be a curiosity in the future. People will look back and wonder about that very sense alienation. I think that would be
It to such a pleasure to speak about your book try washington and we the people. Im going to get into the idea of revolution, you say in the book america has been through divisive. Before some followers that we are living through today, with the hindsight of history, we can see them as inflection points, the transitional period between old system that is broken down in anyone with information, are we at an inflection point, absolutely, we are right in the middle of it, to the best example, in 2016 the republican primary, it was a real civil war and the Republican Party that the establishment of republicans represented by jeb bush and others did not get the nomination, did not get the support of the other people, those revolutionary donald trump, the democrats are going to the same thing right now, theyre having a civil war in their party, is it going to be the traditional democrats, is it going to be some outsider, socialist, i think that is indicative and the fact that it just doesnt
From the Maga Pillow Man to the cracken lawyer, real world consequences for spreading election lies. Dr. Hotez on what might be really good vaccine news and the race to get more shots in arms is never more important. Why is it the democrats are just getting control of the senate from Mitch Mcconnell today . When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Tonight it seems mccarthy and the House Republicans refuse to discipline a member of their caucus who openly called for violence and proving theres no real civil war between the trump republicans and the establishment, bush era holdovers. If there ever was, its over. One side absolutely walloped the other. Not only did the republicans not discipline this member according to reports, a lot of the people in the caucus apparently gave her a Standing Ovation. The division in the party is amplified because of two figures that the gop house caucus trying to figure out what to do with. The first is Marjorie Taylor gr
History. So if you will join you for just a second and reflecting together on that. And then we could start a little belated. [silence. Alright thank you. So this is a book that began, i began writing this book in the fall of 2014. And i began writing because i was invited to st. Louis to give a talk on washington university. I felt called to talk about the murder of Michael Brown in the protests on the uprising. So i was invited to october, went there and felt that i had to go out and present what was happening because i am a missourian and i felt that was a history in which i was both one i knew very well, and one that i was implicated in. And so with the particular kind of turn of mind, that i have, i started to look at the political economy with a particular simple straightforward riddle which is how could it be that the city of ferguson that has a 26 billiondollar corporation within the city limits, 26 billion a year, emerson electric, how could that city the funding poor black mo
American west. Following the civil war. Host this is about a new book, how the south won the civil war pretty is all about the continuing funding democracy in america. My name is joanne and im a professor of history and american studies at yale university. In this afternoon i have the pleasure of being in conversation with heather about her book and other matters political. This program is being produced by the Historical Society pretty and it has been a cultural hub for dialogue and Community Outreach for over 150 years. This will history there. Now in Heather Cox Richardsons book, her book is gotten people price. The Washington Post writes, Heather Cox Richardson of boston college, explores the trajectory of modern conservatism interest public. A timely book that sheds light of what was perhaps the most important Political Coalition of the 20th century. As Publishers Weekly says, she under emphasize the prevalence of racism, sexism and inequality in other parts of the country during