Developments shaped the civil war, and hopefully get a sense of whats going on outside, in the rest of the world. In some ways, this is not a new thing. People have been writing diplomatic histories of the civil war really since the years after the conflict ended. But the combination of the sesquicentennial, a new rethinking of 19thcentury globalization, and really the current context in which americans are sort of rethinking what it means to be part of a larger world, in a postcold war era, has generated a lot of rich scholarship that situates the u. S. Civil war in a broader context. Were fortunate to have three young, excellent scholars who will help guide us through this, and we of course look forward to your questions at the end. Im going to start here to my left. Dave thomson is assistant professor of history at sacred heart university, and is proud to acknowledge he was a High School Scholarship student some time ago. [applause] his research focuses on finance during the America
In some ways, this is not a new thing. People have been writing diplomatic histories of the e the conflict ended. I think a combination of the centennial rethinking of what 19thcentury globalization is. And our current context in which americans are rethinking what it means to be part of a larger world in a postcold war era has generated a lot of rich scholarship in the last decade or so that situates the u. S. Civil war in a broader context. We are fortunate to have three young and excellent scholars who are going to help guide us through this. We look forward to our questions at the end. I will start here to my left, assistantson is professor of history at sacred heart university. Proud to acknowledge he is a High School Scholarship student some time ago. His research focuses on finance during the American Civil War and his first book Global Financial markets and civil war era is slated for publication in 2020. Left of him is andre fleche, a professor of history. His first book, the
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[applause] good evening, everyone. Im the Deputy Director of programs at politics and prose bookstore. Id like to thank you all for joining us this evening. Tonights event is a joint effort with our venue part owners of the marvin theater. I am honored tonight to introduce doctor Jared Diamond. I work with academics every day. We offer over 100 classes yearly with local distinguished professors on subjects such as current and classic literature, history, politics, writing workshops as we are a community of lifelong learners and speaking of learning, Jared Diamond is professor of geography at the university of california los angeles. His work includes five bestselling books and hes here today to talk about the most recent book entitled upheaval turning point for nations, from the firsthand experience the history of the six countries where he lived and was in five of six languages. I asked which language he didnt speak and he said japanese but he had japanese relatives. Upheaval complete
Good evening, everyone. Im the Deputy Director of programs at politics and prose bookstore. Id like to thank you all for joining us this evening. Tonights event is a joint effort with our venue part owners of the marvin theater. I am honored tonight to introduce doctor Jared Diamond. I work with academics every day. We offer over 100 classes yearly with local distinguished professors on subjects such as current and classic literature, history, politics, writing workshops as we are a community of lifelong learners and speaking of learning, Jared Diamond is professor of geography at the university of california los angeles. His work includes five bestselling books and hes here today to talk about the most recent book entitled upheaval turning point for nations, from the firsthand experience the history of the six countries where he lived and was in five of six languages. I asked which language he didnt speak and he said japanese but he had japanese relatives. Upheaval completes the trilo