Lecture 5 - Telling A Free Story: Fugitive Slaves And The Underground Railroad In Myth And Reality HIST 119: The Civil War And Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877 podcast

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Lecture 5 - Telling a Free Story: Fugitive Slaves and the Underground Railroad in Myth and Reality

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Professor Blight offers an introduction to the course. He summarizes some of the course readings, and discusses the organization of the course. Professor Blight offers some thoughts on the nature of history and the study of history, before moving into a discussion of the reasons for Americans' enduring fascination with the Civil War. The reasons include: the human passion for epics, Americans' fondness for redemption narratives, the Civil War as a moment of "racial reckoning," the fascination with loss and lost causes, interest in military history, and the search for the origins of the modern United States.

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Lecture 5 - Telling a Free Story: Fugitive Slaves and the Underground Railroad in Myth and Reality

HIST 119: The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877

published 6+ y ago

Del

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Indhold leveret af Open Yale Courses - David Blight. Alt podcastindhold inklusive episoder, grafik og podcastbeskrivelser uploades og leveres direkte af Open Yale Courses - David Blight eller deres podcastplatformspartner. Hvis du mener, at nogen bruger dit ophavsretligt beskyttede værk uden din tilladelse, kan du følge processen beskrevet her https://da.player.fm/legal.

Professor Blight offers an introduction to the course. He summarizes some of the course readings, and discusses the organization of the course. Professor Blight offers some thoughts on the nature of history and the study of history, before moving into a discussion of the reasons for Americans' enduring fascination with the Civil War. The reasons include: the human passion for epics, Americans' fondness for redemption narratives, the Civil War as a moment of "racial reckoning," the fascination with loss and lost causes, interest in military history, and the search for the origins of the modern United States.

… continue reading

27 episoder

#Higher Education #Podcasting Education #Open Yale Courses - David Blight #Civil #War #David #Blight #Open #Yale #Course

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