The History of White People
Nell Irvin Painter, American history professor emerita at Princeton University, presents a history of white race theory, an 18th century notion created by Northern Europeans that assigned th…
7,431 viewsNell Irvin Painter, American history professor emerita at Princeton University, presents a history of white race theory, an 18th century notion created by Northern Europeans that assigned th…
7,431 viewsLisa Randall looked at the contributions that physics and scientific thinking have made to our understanding of the universe. She used slides as she focused on the concept of scale and its i…
2,462 viewsChristian Parenti reported on several countries where environmental change is fueling violence and war. He responded to questions from members of the audience at Politics and Prose Bookstore…
808 viewsDon Peck talked about the long-term social and cultural impact of the current economic recession, arguing that although the peak of the financial crisis has passed, its effects will be many …
874 viewsLes Standiford talked about his book Washington Burning: How a Frenchman’s Vision for Our Nation’s Capital Survived Congress, the Founding Fathers, and the Invading British Army (Crown, May …
368 viewsElizabeth and Michael Norman talked about their book Tears in the Darkness: The Story of the Bataan Death March and Its Aftermath (Farrar, Straus and Giroux; June 9, 2009). In the book the h…
891 viewsRobert Schlesinger, former Washington correspondent for the Boston Globe, talked about his book, White House Ghosts, in which he profiled presidential speechwriters from the FDR administrat…
328 viewsBenjamin Wittes talked about his book Law and the Long War: The Future of Justice in the Age of Terror (Penguin Press, June 19, 2008). In his book he argues that the Bush administration is f…
104 viewsTim Harford talked about his book The Logic of Life: The Rational Economics of an Irrational World, published by Random House. In his book Mr. Harford uses economic research and principles t…
472 viewsAuthors Stephen Braun and Douglas Farah talked about their book, Merchant of Death: Money, Guns, Planes, and the Man Who Makes War Possible. They described the life of Viktor Bout, one of th…
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