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We have been spending the week with an Amazing Group of educators from all over the country brought together under the auspices of the gulder Lehrman Institute of Early American History. This is generously supported by the Library Company of philadelphia and the pew center for arts and heritage. We spent the week tossing around ideas about how we might redraw Early American History. We tried to do that by suggesting one productive way of redrawing that history is to think in terms of a complicated and ever shifting set of contests among three sets of actors. Three sets of actors we call native people, settler colonists, and european empires. It is probably obvious to folks what we mean when w ....
Ms. Cox my name is mary cox. Im so pleased to be here. This is my first hoover days. I just published my first book. Ill do a little plug. It was just released in the u. S. A few weeks ago. Todays lecture covers a lot of whats inside the book, but theres also a lot more that is in there. What i want to do is tell you a story about what it was like to be in germany as a civilian during the First World War and in the years following. As part of that story, i will be discussing Herbert Hoover, some of things he did to alleviate suffering in germany, which remember, had been a big enemy of the allies of the u. S. One of the things i enjoyed so much doing the research is seeing his compassion for people that were very unpopular, and his ability to encourage others to also feel that compassion and save millions of lives. Heres the book. Im going to start by telling you about the b ....
Suggesting one productive way of redrawing that history is to think in terms of a complicated and ever shifting set of contests among three sets of actors. Three sets of actors we call native people, settler colonists, and european empires. Obvious to folks what we mean when we think about native peoples, although it should not be that obvious, except to stress it is a plural term. We it is a complicated set of things. We have also been talking about the technical use of the term settler and settler colonists. I wonder if i might embarrass somebody in our room among these wonderful teachers to try to take a crack at defining what we mean by settler colonists in this threepart mix. Theory the settlers believed the land they arrive to belonged to them and not the native people so they had a right to be on that land and the native people could be erased. Right, and that is a historical product. There may be some people who came to north america from europe or elsewhere with the idea in th ....
Discussing Herbert Hoover, some things he did to alleviate suffering in germany, which remember, had been a big enemy of the allies of the u. S. One of the things i enjoyed so much doing the research is seeing his compassion for people that were very unpopular, and otherslity to encourage to also feel that compassion and save millions of lives. Here is the book. Im going to start by telling you about the british blockade. Thet when the war started, British Government started and interdiction of goods started an interdiction of goods. This blockade prevented many things from entering the country, including food and fertilizer. And since then, over the past century, scholars have discussed this. There are scholars who say the blockade had no impact whatsoever. Other scholars argue it had a huge impact on germany. I started this book because i wanted to ask the question, wha ....
[indistinct shouting] [bells clanging] good morning. Good morning. I am kirk cox, speaker of the Virginia House of delegates. Im delighted to welcome everyone here at jamestown settlement in the recreated church in james fort. And, those viewing these proceedings online or watching from beyond to the 400 anniversary today of the first and oldest continuous representative legislation body in the western hemisphere. As our forefathers did on this very day 400 years ago, we assemble here at the birthplace of american democracy, jamestown. Freedom in the form of Representative Democracy began here in virginia. The unforgettable and inspiring event that happened here, what began here, has changed not only virginia, and not only america, but much of the entire world. Special occasions and commemorations like this offer us an opportunity to pause and reflect on the history ....