Class 16, Homefronts and Battlefronts: The Social Impact of Total War
Homefronts and Battlefronts: The Social Impact of Total War. In this DeVane Lecture Series course, Professor David Blight examines the impact of slavery and racism on American institutions, past, present, and future. This course works from an assumption that racial slavery was a central theme of the history of the Americas, and its many endings and legacies live with us still. The course will pose the question “can it happen here?” In the 1930s, the “it” was fascism. The “it” in this case is intended to mean not only slavery and its myriad forms of enduring inequalities, but also the very existence of a pluralistic, democratic, multi-ethnic government and society rooted in the rule of law and living under a common constitution. There have been many pivot or hinge points in American history when the nature and existence of the American experiment, as well as human freedom and rights were on the line. The course will specifically examine slavery and Yale, the Civil War, and the many legacies of that period – political, constitutional, racial, economic, and commemorative – as they have shaped American life and polity ever since. To view all the classes as they are posted, please visit this playlist: Can It Happen Here Again? Yale, Slavery, and Legacies: 2024 DeVane Lecture Series • Can It Happen Here Again? Yale, Slavery, a...
Class 17, Who Freed the Slaves: Lincoln, Leadership and Emancipation Policy
Class 19, Wartime Reconstruction and the Ends of War
America's Bloodiest Day: Battle of Antietam 1862
Class 20, Andrew Johnson, the Radicals, and the Second American Revolution
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND - All Parts
Stephen Kotkin — How Stalin became the most powerful dictator in history
How the Aftermath of the Civil War Helps Us Understand Trumpism with David W. Blight
Class 22, The “End” of Reconstruction, 1877? 1883? 1965? 2024? and its Legacies to Our Own Time
Class 1, Why Does the Civil War and Reconstruction Have a Hold on American Historical Imagination?
Napoleonic Wars: March of the Eagles 1805 - 09
From the C-SPAN Archive: Civil War Historian Shelby Foote (FULL INTERVIEW)
Class 24, Legacies of Reconstruction and the Origins of Jim Crow Society
Eric Foner: Reconstruction and the Constitution
The Complete History of Germany on a Map (600 BC – 1990)
Class 21, Retreat from Reconstruction, the Grant Era and Paths to “Southern Redemption”
The Book That Changed How I Think About Liberalism | The Ezra Klein Show
David Blight - The Civil War in American Memory
Gary W. Gallagher - Civil War Turning Points
The Crusades: Part 1 – Political Origins and Proto-Crusades (1061–1108)
