Then im going to introduce a new concept to you, and thats the idea of political culture. And i will compare that concept to something weve encountered before, Political Parties. And finally, the bulk of the lecture is going to be presenting new evidence, in fact on the antebellum political culture. I have three major areas of evidence to talk about today, one, Tobacco Culture, two, political friendships, and, three, affairs of honor. And well conclude there after getting through that evidence. All right. Like we obvious do in the class, im going to start today with an image on the screen and im going to ask you to tell me what you see. This is Lady Washingtons reception from 1861. Take it in. Who can point out something that you see right away that strikes you . There we go. Lady washington is on a platform. Yeah. How high do you think she is, maybe, off the ground . Like, i dont know, a foot. A good foot. Thats a good piece there. What else do you see . Another one down there. Thank
The bulk of the lecture is going to be presenting new evidence drawn from my research and others on the antebellum political culture. I have three major areas as evidence to talk about today. Tobacco culture, political friendships, and affairs of honor. Like we often do in the class, we are going to start with the image on the screen. Im going to ask you to tell me what you see. This is Lady Washingtons reception from 1861. Take it in. Who can point out something you see right away that strikes you . Lady washington is on a platform. Prof. Balcerski how high do you think she is . Off the ground . Like a foot. Prof. Balcerski thats a good piece there. What else . Everyone is dressed up fancy. Prof. Balcerski like you are today. Exactly. Very fancy. The ladies are wearing gowns. How about a third thing . Go ahead, jimmy. It looks like they are fairly close together. They may be dancing. They are all close together. Prof. Balcerski very good. I should say about Lady Washingtons reception,
Today. Great to see so many people out here, hungry for books. Toiling away in front of my moreter, dealing with electronics than live people. Of course im writing about history. The people im writing about our dead. Its nice to see live people. Engrossed in the kinds of things i and other writers here write about. I was fortunate to have grown up in a home that was filled with books. I grew up in yonkers, new york. A suburb of new york city, thousands of books, walls filled with books. As a little kid the sense of myks around me is one of most indelible memories of childhood. Remembering that is a tiny kid starting to climb i thought of the bookshelves which were floortoceiling as mountains i could climb up. My mother would find me five shelves up crying to get down again. Both my parents were fortunately great readers. My father was a self educated working guy. He installed boilers and heating systems. My mother on the other hand, had a degree in classics. She was a poet. A human rig
Listening toe other speakers and it is a privilege for me to be talking to you today. Great to see so many people out here hungry for books. We are toiling away in front of my computer dealing with more electronics than live people. Of course i am writing about history. All of the people i write about are dead. They cannot talk back. It is nice to see live people. So engrossed in the kind of things i and others write about. I was very fortunate to have grown up in a home that was filled with books. I grew up in yonkers, new york, with thousands of books all filled with books. The sense ofid, books around me is one of my most indelible memories of childhood. Remembering also as a tiny kid, i thoughtlimb about the bookshelves as mountains i could climb up and my mother would find me trying to get down again. Parents were great readers. My father was a self educated working guy in installing heating systems. My mother on the other hand had a degree in classics. She was a poet and seek hum
Good afternoon everyone. Youll find seats and we will get our panel going. Good morning. Welcome to the fifth annual mississippi book festival. Im Chris Goodman with the Mississippi Department of archives and history if youve not done so please silence your cell phones. This panel on the u. S. Civil war is sponsored by the Mississippi Humanities Council and Mississippi State University One of the book festivals Board Members from Mississippi State john mars luck is on the panel. As Francis Coleman here . Dean of libraries . Another strong supporter. As is stuart rockwell, director of Mississippi Humanities Council. I dont believe hes in the room but think them for their support and we are in the room today courtesy of forming walkmans walker. Our panelists are jaclyn dowd hall commercial be harold, john mars luck and bend when you can purchase copies of their books outdoors and you can find the times they will be signing in your brochure. We will hear from our panelists for about 40 mi