The study of the history of conspire. C theory is undergoing something of a boom at the moment. Just as the study of witchcraft did a few decades ago. As other scholars have noted historians of medieval early modern europe used to view witchcraft and witch hunting as marginal aspects of the societies as they studied. Then they began to realize. That witch hunts revealed great insights into the cultures of the time. So similarly, a growing number of. Historians are realizing that an understanding of the history of Conspiracy Theory is central to understanding the current american political moment. Now, thats not to say that. The study of the history of american theory is new. In the 1960s, richard hofstadter, his landmark essay on the paranoid style in american politics, which was term for Conspiracy Theory. And historians like david bryant davis, gordon wood and Bernard Bailyn soon followed by showing the significance of conspiracies thinking in the American Revolution in early republi
Did a few decades ago. As other scholars have noted historians of medieval early modern europe used to view witchcraft and witch hunting as marginal aspects of the societies as they studied. Then they began to realize. That witch hunts revealed great insights into the cultures of the time. So similarly, a growing number of. Historians are realizing that an understanding of the history of Conspiracy Theory is central to understanding the current american political moment. Now, thats not to say that. The study of the history of american theory is new. In the 1960s, richard hofstadter, his landmark essay on the paranoid style in american politics, which was term for Conspiracy Theory. And historians like david bryant davis, gordon wood and Bernard Bailyn soon followed by showing the significance of conspiracies thinking in the American Revolution in early republic. Then, in the 1980s, Michael Rogan brilliantly in ronald reagan, the movie that what he called a counter tradition was, as he
Of chicago and the south side cultural sent, thank you for having us. [ applause ] thanks for joining us tonight, happy friday. Nice to have you with us. Look at this awesome picture from 1968. I love every single thing about this picture. This is the Central Middle School band from orville, california. This is the majorettes part of the band and they are marching through downtown orville, california, on may 1, 1968. This picture is perfec and this picture the property of the California Department of Water Resources. The reason the California Department of Water Resources had a photographer on site taking pictures that day of the majorettes in orville is because that day the governor of california and his wife came too orville, california, to tour a really big awesome new piece of Water Structure the california
governor at the time was Ronald Reagan. He and his wife nancy went to orville for the dedication of the brand new orville dam. It looks kind of fun. They got to go inside the da
That day the governor of california and his wife came too orville, california, to tour a really big awesome new piece of water structure the california governor at the time was Ronald Reagan. He and his wife nancy went to orville for the dedication of the brand new orville dam. It looks kind of fun. They got to go inside the dam, see in the white sneakers with the super cute hair cut . Thats ron, jr. , he got to go along with an unnamed friend. Looks like they were having a good time. Looks like a cool visit. Ronald reagan made a speech. You can see next to him while he was giving the speech they had the big cooler of water. Just in case. There had been a big parade downtown to welcome to governor and dignitaries. They had not just the majorettes from the middle school, they had the high school band, too. Look how many people were there. Look at that. Thousands of people turned out for the dedication of the oroville dam. I think we have one picture of the crowd in color as well. Look a