I want to explain in advance at this in writing, weve examined various disasters from different perspectives, first of all, the psychological and physical problems that jamestown, disaster sermons and responses to fires hurricanes and epidemics in colonial america. Famine suffered by the dawn and party and root to california, irish immigrants flaming the potato famine in the ability to create new lives in this country. Disaster tourism, johnston flood of 1889 the impact of the triangle shirt lays factory in new york city and disaster arts that emerged from the 1930s dust bowl. So today we are discussing david oceans Pulitzer Prizewinning book, polio an american story, you all received questions that i posted and i am really interested in this topic, because i also teach someone are in the 19 fifties and of course that is one so much of this book takes place and i think just looking at polio really reveals so many different issues that affected that decade. Before starting though, i wan
To say. No doubt about it. You know the look when the kids were little and you gave them a chocolate chip cookie, that is the look on the eyes of adults walking into the linc they are not here for a cookie but for a ticket to super bowl lii. What could make eagles fans happier than they already are . How about getting their hands on super bowl tickets. I am thrilled a lifelong resident of philadelphia and it hasnt happened often its good to see. They were among the relatively few that won the super bowl ticket lottery and they arrived for the opportunity to buy tickets at face value. They know they beat the odds to be chosen and that makes anthony story that much more amazing. Actually i won ticket in 2004. Could you imagine . When they played new england is that funny . Let me get that rubbed off on me. I should buy a lottery ticket. That is just wrong, any way season Ticket Holders that won the lottery can pick up their tomorrow at 8 00 a. M. And inc capitol hill p. M. But david of o
Graduate he got his , where we were the much overlapping. We are both in sort of medical fields, too. Not real doctors, as our parents would have probably told us. [laughter] at nyusa Professor Department of history and director of the division of medical humanities at the nyu school of medicine. In 2005, he won a full enterprise in history for his story. Lio, an american his other books include one on one on jimy and crow. Writing fortable broader audiences, his works have appeared in the New York Times and the wall street journal, and it is a privilege to welcome him here to the museum. [applause] i think this does work, can you all hear me . Ist i would like to do first to get the pulitzer thing out of the way. Everybody asks, it is the question that is usually first or second in the question answer period. I wrote a book on polio. The pulitzer is the only price where they do not announce the finalists in advance. For example, the National Book award, there are eight finalists and t
Graduate he got his , where we were the much overlapping. We are both in sort of medical fields, too. Not real doctors, as our parents would have probably told us. [laughter] at nyusa Professor Department of history and director of the division of medical humanities at the nyu school of medicine. In 2005, he won a full enterprise in history for his story. Lio, an american his other books include one on one on jimy and crow. Writing fortable broader audiences, his works have appeared in the New York Times and the wall street journal, and it is a privilege to welcome him here to the museum. [applause] i think this does work, can you all hear me . Ist i would like to do first to get the pulitzer thing out of the way. Everybody asks, it is the question that is usually first or second in the question answer period. I wrote a book on polio. The pulitzer is the only price where they do not announce the finalists in advance. For example, the National Book award, there are eight finalists and t
But its more than that. Youve put them together in a way that takes us on a journey with you. Reading a book Still Matters in this age of bitesized social media and tweets and likes and so on. And there is i think nobody who has traveled in that space since its very early days when he wrote a book called siberia which almost didnt get published because his first publisher thought the internet was a fad and it was going to go away. So theres no one better to help us understand the times, the crazy times that were living in when technology seems to be bringing us more amazing innovations every day, and yet for some reason something about life doesnt seem right. So im really excited and thrilled to bring Douglas Rushkoff back. George bullen from the open Technology Institute where she is director of technology as part of new america is a perfect interlocutor to bring douglas here. So welcome them both to civic hall, and if youre interested in learning more about civic hall, go to civichal