Week Thirteen: “African American History: From Emancipation to the Present,” Professor Jonathon Holloway, Yale University*
Our eighth series focuses on Great Courses about America and Democracy. This week, we travel through both time and space to 2010 and New Haven, Connecticut with Professor Jonathan Holloway.
Week Twelve: “Detroit History Podcast,” Professor Tim Kiska, University of Michigan-Dearborn
Our eighth series focuses on Great Courses about America and Democracy. Rather than a traditional course, this week we feature another series of podcasts presented with Professor Tim Kiska, University of Michigan-Dearborn.
Week Eleven: “The Gilded Age, Industrialization, and Assassination of President Garfield,” Professor Greg Jackson, Utah Valley University
Our eighth series focuses on Great Courses about America and Democracy. This week we are traveling to Utah Valley University with Professor Greg Jackson.
Week Ten: “Government and Civics,” John Dickerson, CBS News & Sal Khan, Khan Academy
Our eighth series focuses on Great Courses about America and Democracy. This week we travel down to Washington DC to sample a course on American Government and Civics taught by John Dickerson from CBS News and hosted by Sal Khan of the Khan Academy.
Week Nine: “World 101: Foreign Policy,” Council on Foreign Relations
Our eighth series focuses on Great Courses about America and Democracy. This week we are traveling back to New York City to visit the Council on Foreign Relations.
Week Eight: “Birth Right Citizenship,” Professor Martha S. Jones, Johns Hopkins University
Our eighth series focuses on Great Courses about America and Democracy. This week we travel to Baltimore and Johns Hopkins University to hear a talk by Professor Martha S. Jones on her book Birthright Citizens: A History of Race and Rights in Antebellum America.
Week Seven: “The State of the Union Address,” Professor Peter Ubertaccio, Stonehill College
Our eighth series focuses on Great Courses about America and Democracy. This week, we travel south and west from Boston to Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts with Professor Peter Ubertaccio.
Week Six: “Women in the Late-19th Century,” Professor Heather Cox Richardson
Our eighth series focuses on Great Courses about America and Democracy. This week we’re off to Boston College with Professor Heather Cox Richardson
Week Five: “The Objects that Defined America,” Dr. Richard Kurin, The Smithsonian Institution
Our eighth series focuses on Great Courses about America and Democracy. This week, we go to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC for “show and tell” with Dr. Richard Kurin.
Week Four: “An Introduction to American Government and Politics,” Professor Thomas E. Patterson, Harvard University
Our eighth series focuses on Great Courses about America and Democracy. This week, a refresher course from Harvard University with Professor Thomas E. Patterson.
Week Three: “Introduction to Political Philosophy,” Professor Steven B. Smith, Yale University
Our eighth series focuses on Great Courses about America and Democracy. This week, it’s back to Yale to learn about the intellectual basis for the American Constitution and system of government from Professor Steven Smith.
Week Two: “The Civil War and Reconstruction,” Professor Eric Foner, Columbia University
Our eighth series focuses on Great Courses about America and Democracy. This week we discuss the Civil War and Reconstruction with Professor Eric Foner of Columbia University.
Week One: The American Revolution, Professor Joanne Freeman, Yale University
Our eighth series focuses on Great Courses about America and Democracy. This week we discuss the American Revolution with Professor Joanne Freeman, Yale’s Class of 1954 Professor of American History and American Studies.