Tv, Purdue University professor Kathryn Brownell teaching a class about political advertising, in the 19 fifties. Highlighting the eisenhower president ial campaigns, she compared radio and early tv ads, and discusses what make them successful. Nothing perhaps captures the popular memory of the 19 fifties, like the slogan i like ike. This idea, this been that so many people wore around the campaign of 1952, and 1956 conveys a notion of nostalgia and simplicity. It really emphasizes this idea of the 19 fifties as this era of prosperity, where america was a world leader, and the American People were happy in suburban homes, with their nuclear families. I like ike. Its so simple. And it conveys that happiness. This idea, however, is a myth. And, its a political construction. The 19 fifties, in fact, were a time wrought with racial discrimination, conflict, intense political and social pressures to conform to a suburban ideal, that imposed gender hierarchies and mandated heterosexuality in
Next, on lectures in history, Purdue University professor Kathryn Brownell teaches a class about political advertising in the 1950s, highlighting Dwight Eisenhowers president ial campaigns. She compares radio and early televised ads and examines what components made them successful. Her class is about an hour and 10 minutes. Nothing perhaps captures the popular memory of the 1950s like the slogan i like ike. This idea that this pin that so many people wore around the campaign of 1952 and 1956 conveys a notion of nostalgia and simplicity. It really emphasizes this idea of the 1950s as this era of prosperity where america was a world leader and the American People were happy in suburban homes with their nuclear families. I like ike. Its so simple. And it conveys that happiness. This idea, however, is a myth. And its a political construction. The 1950s in fact was a time wrought with racial discrimination, conflict, intense political and social pressures to conform to a suburban ideal tha
Minute event. Well, thank you for coming out what i want to try to do is look at the cold war it is worth baring in mind that there were actually periods of time that caused your fore bearers more anxiety and in some cases with much greater reason to do so. And won the 1952 and 1956 election. And these are the years that represent a high point. Thinking about the cold war and the United States its worth bear in mind that the legacy and the history of the cold war was one of much of americas 20th century. And the forces in the soviet union was not during the period that you tend to think is the cold war which is from 19464748 and and much of eisenhowers much of the people in the army who served with him are being framed by the fact that america is one of the coalition of powers that went to war with the communists in the russian civil war. The idea that russia represented an ideological challenge to the United States begins there. The cold war is at its hottest between the United States
About last thursday, we talked about gabriel conspiracy, richmond 1800, and the way it reflects the complexity of slavery. Slavery was a relationship between individuals, and it was endlessly complex. With gabriel, we saw some of the ways an enslaved person could enjoy some freedom within their bondage. Different practices of power influenced the way different people experienced slavery. Today we will talk through some of those practices of power. Our Big Questions today are broadly about this. We will come back to these questions at the end of class, questions about the way labor influence lives of enslaved people in the south, and the particular tools available to both enslaved people and slave owners in power struggles. In the early 19th century, slaveowners moved massive number of people into cotton territories. They made massive amounts of money based on the violent extraction of labor. Enslaved people worked and lived together and cultivated their own kinds of power through relat
Conspiracy and it was endlessly complex. With gabriel we saw some of the ways that an enslaved person could enjoy some kinds of freedom within their bondage. So different practices of power influenced the ways different people experienced slavery. Today well talk through some of those practices of power. Our Big Questions today are broadly about this. So well come back to these questions at the end of class, questions about the ways that labor influenced the lives of enslaved people in the south and the particular tools to enslaved people and slave owners in struggles over power. In the early 19th century slave owners moved massive numbers of enslaved people into cotton producing territories. Through physical force, slave owners compelled enslaved people to work, and they made massive amounts of money based on the violent extraction of labor. Enslaved people worked and cultivated their own kinds of power through relationships with one another. So slaves did a number of things that enab