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Lectures in History

Lectures in History

Author: C-SPAN Language: English Episodes: 50
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Go back to school with the country's top professors lecturing on a variety of topics in American history. New episodes posted every Saturday evening. From C-SPAN, the network that brings you "After Words" and "C-SPAN's The Weekly" podcasts.
Episodes
Revolutionary War Leadership [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 59:08
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, author Rick Atkinson, and retired Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford discussed Revolutionary War leadership at an event held at George Washington's Mount Vernon. Learn more about your ad ch…
Religion & The American Revolution [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:03:09
Washington University hosts a series of lectures called "1776: Then and Now" with the first exploring religion in Revolutionary America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
U.S. Court System in Revolutionary War [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:20:14
How did a rebel nation establish a federal court system? Utah Valley University professor Matthew Brogdon shows how the U.S. court system formed during the Revolutionary War. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megap…
Revolutionary War Roots of the Civil War [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:29:31
Bancroft and Pulitzer Prize winning historian Gordon Wood delivered a talk titled "The Revolutionary Roots of the Civil War." Professor Wood discussed the Founders views on slavery and argued that the Civil War was inevi…
When the Sea Came Alive - An Oral History Of D-Day [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:15:27
Author Garrett Graff discussed his oral history of the allied invasion of Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944. This event took place at the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College in New York City. Learn…
The Serial Killer H.H. Holmes [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 50:49
Nebraska history professor James Garza teaches a class on H.H. Holmes, described as "America's First Serial Killer," and his crimes during the Gilded Age. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The History of the Oil Business [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 56:15
University of Iowa professor Richard Priest traces the history of the oil business from rudimentary drilling to John Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company and how competition grew across the globe. Learn more about your ad…

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