A number of historic sites. Did not play a role . I was interested in stories. I read a lot. I had a Terrible High School teacher, i must say. He was horrible, but it did not dampen my interest. I read history and enjoyed it. I had planned to go into the Foreign Service. I was going to surf my three years in the air force, as a rotc commitment and go to fletcher school. It is connected to georgetown, it was a Foreign Service officer training school. My experience and being arbitrarily treated by the federal government in the military soured me on working for the government, so i changed my mind in japan, to apply to graduate school and i never graduated at all ive never regretted it at all. Any book you found particularly challenging or found something quite different . Im not sure i found something different. I had a sense of the outline of that we became a much more Democratic Society by the early 19th century and that this transformed our culture in fundamental ways. The emergence o
Mission santa clara manuscript collection which are the records generated by french is considering what we referred to as the fringes can era of Mission Santa clara so the time period from 1777, when Mission Santa clara was founded through 1851 when the land and the Church Grounds and missions buildings were handed over to the jesuits to found the university and they were founding the college to support the town of santa clara. There was no Public School in the area at the time so there was a strong need for education in this part of california, adjacent to san jose etc. Though Mission Santa clara with the aid of 21 missions established in Northern California from 1777 to i think 1823 or early 1800s and another interesting note, it was the first four missions to be named for a woman, saint clare of assisi. The Mission Church on campus continued to serve as local Parish Church for the people of santa clara and it wasnt until 1852 the town of santa clara was incorporated as its own entit
I think theres a possibility machines may make society much better. The cspan cities tour and booktv forgot san jose continues. Next, a trip to Santa Clara University as we go inside their special collections. So we are here in archives and special productions and a Santa Clara University library on the campus of Santa Clara University. Here in archives and special collections are not only the keepers of University Libraries rare books collection but also the keepers of santa clara elected member as reflected in its records. We are particularly lucky here in this department actually have what we call the Mission Santa clara manuscript collection which are the records generated by what we refer to the franciscan era of Mission Santa clara. So the time period between 1777 when Mission Santa clara was founded through 1851 when the land and the Church Grounds and mission buildings et cetera were handed over to the jesuits to found the university, and they were founding the college to suppo
All right, welcome to another exciting adventure in the United States history. As i have said before, as an important part of this survey course, exploration of the ideas that came to define the american identity. We try to see our history in new and novel ways. To push up against the boundaries and think critically. Occasionally, to laugh at professors jokes. Lsu is not a Mickey Mouse University, but lets suppose for a moment there is a Mickey Mouse University. There is a professor mouse and student mice, and at Mickey Mouse University the class looks up, looks to the door, and sees a ravenous cat looking right at him, hungry. The mouse, mickey mouse professor, yells out, oh, and the cat hightails it and immediately runs away. One of the relieved students speaks to the professor and says, what was that, professor . And the professor says, that, my friends, is why it is good to learn a second language. [laughter] language. Language and wit. That is one of todays key themes. We are all
Exciting adventure in the United States history. , as anve said before important part of this survey course, exploration of the ideas that came to define the american identity. We try to see our history in new and novel ways. To push up against the boundaries and think critically. , to laugh at professors jokes. Lsu is not a Mickey Mouse University, but lets suppose for a moment there is a Mickey Mouse University. Mouse and professor student mice, and at Mickey Mouse University the class looks up, looks to the door and sees a ravenous pack looking right at him, hungry. The mouse, mickey mouse professor, yells out, oh, and the cat hightailed it and immediately runs away. One of the relieved students speaks to the professor and says, what was that, professor . And the professor says that, my friends, is why it is good to learn a second language. [laughter] language. Language and wit. That is one of todays key themes. We are all affected by the meaning we attached to words. Language, we f