It's another episode of A-Z, and the lucky letter is J! On the menu this week:John Birch SocietyJacobs, HarrietJacksonJapanese InternmentJazz Singer, TheAnd many more!Thanks again for listening and we'll be back soon with our brand new series on the US and the Middle East!Cheers,Mark and Malcolm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's another episode of A-Z, and the lucky letter is J! On the menu this week:John Birch SocietyJacobs, HarrietJacksonJapanese InternmentJazz Singer, TheAnd many more!Thanks again for listening and we'll be back soon with our brand new series on the US and the Middle East!Cheers,Mark and Malcolm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

A-Z: J

Following a delay thanks to strikes, illness, and a furious effort to finish writing a book, we're back with the final episode of our Lyndon Johnson's America series!We discuss the various legacies of Johnson, his Great Society, Civil Rights, Vietnam, and the long Sixties.And we also provide a preview of our NEW upcoming series - tune in to find out what we'll be discussing next!Thanks a lot for listening to this series and we look forward to bringing you the next one.Cheers,Mark and MalcolmBooks/ArticlesMark McLay, 'Reflecting or reshaping?: Landmark anniversaries and presidential legacy'. In: Cullinane, M. P. and Ellis, S. (eds.) Constructing Presidential Legacy: How We Remember the American President (2019)Robert H. Wilson, Norman J. Glickman, and Laurence E. Lynn, Jr. (eds.), LBJ’s Neglected Legacy: How Lyndon Johnson Reshaped Domestic Policy and Government (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2015).Bernard von Bothmer, Framing the Sixties: The Use and Abuse of a Decade from Ronald Reagan to George W. Bush (Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 2010)Kathleen Belew, Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America (Harvard UP, 2018) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Following a delay thanks to strikes, illness, and a furious effort to finish writing a book, we're back with the final episode of our Lyndon Johnson's America series!We discuss the various legacies of Johnson, his Great Society, Civil Rights, Vietnam, and the long Sixties.And we also provide a preview of our NEW upcoming series - tune in to find out what we'll be discussing next!Thanks a lot for listening to this series and we look forward to bringing you the next one.Cheers,Mark and Malcolm Books/ArticlesMark McLay, 'Reflecting or reshaping?: Landmark anniversaries and presidential legacy'. In: Cullinane, M. P. and Ellis, S. (eds.) Constructing Presidential Legacy: How We Remember the American President (2019)Robert H. Wilson, Norman J. Glickman, and Laurence E. Lynn, Jr. (eds.), LBJ’s Neglected Legacy: How Lyndon Johnson Reshaped Domestic Policy and Government (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2015).Bernard von Bothmer, Framing the Sixties: The Use and Abuse of a Decade from Ronald Reagan to George W. Bush (Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 2010)Kathleen Belew, Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America (Harvard UP, 2018) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

LBJ's America: Pt.6 - The Legacy

It's our fifth episode of A-Z, where we take a letter from the alphabet and use it to take a journey through American History for 30 minutes.And on this occasion it's the letter T! Among the topics discussed on this episode: Truman Three Mile Island Sister Rosetta Tharpe Tupperware Tobacco We hope you enjoy and we'll back next with our final episode of the LBJ's America series.Cheers,Mark and Malcolm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's our fifth episode of A-Z, where we take a letter from the alphabet and use it to take a journey through American History for 30 minutes.And on this occasion it's the letter T! Among the topics discussed on this episode:<ul> <li>Truman</li> <li>Three Mile Island</li> <li>Sister Rosetta Tharpe</li> <li>Tupperware</li> <li>Tobacco</li> </ul> We hope you enjoy and we'll back next with our final episode of the LBJ's America series.Cheers,Mark and Malcolm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

A-Z: T

It's the penultimate episode of our LBJ's America series!On this episode we round out 1968, which sees Richard Nixon win the presidential election and be on his way to the White House. We chat about Nixon's record and how, after promising to bring the American people together, he ended up driving them further apart.Also, was LBJ really trying to be a hippie in his final years before dying 1973? We answer this question and much more.The final episode will dissect the legacy of LBJ's America and we hope you'll join us again.Cheers,Mark and Malcolm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's the penultimate episode of our LBJ's America series!On this episode we round out 1968, which sees Richard Nixon win the presidential election and be on his way to the White House. We chat about Nixon's record and how, after promising to bring the American people together, he ended up driving them further apart.Also, was LBJ really trying to be a hippie in his final years before dying 1973? We answer this question and much more.The final episode will dissect the legacy of LBJ's America and we hope you'll join us again.Cheers,Mark and Malcolm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

LBJ's America: Pt.5 - The Successor

On this month's A-Z, we tackle the letter 'W' for 30 minutes, including discussion of:World War I &amp; IIWatergateThe West WingVictoria WoodhullAnd even, William Wallace.We hope you enjoy and we'll be back soon with the penultimate episode in our LBJ's America series.Cheers,Mark Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this month's A-Z, we tackle the letter 'W' for 30 minutes, including discussion of:World War I &amp; IIWatergateThe West WingVictoria WoodhullAnd even, William Wallace. We hope you enjoy and we'll be back soon with the penultimate episode in our LBJ's America series. Cheers,Mark Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

A-Z: W

Lyndon Johnson

It's the fourth installment of our series on Lyndon Johnson's America and we are into crisis mode.  We pick up the story in mid-1967 and discuss how Vietnam, racial violence, and a host of other contentious issues rise to the fore and overwhelm Lyndon Johnson, leading to his eventual withdrawal from office.Along the way we compare 1967/8 with today's political climate, discuss race riots, Tet, the media, the counterculture, second-wave feminism and much more.  Thanks again for listening.Cheers,Mark and MalcolmReading ListThomas Sugrue, The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit (2014)Amy Wedlow, Women Strike for Peace: Traditional Motherhood and Radical Politics in the 1960s. (1993)Daniel Hallin, The 'Uncensored War':The Media and Vietnam (1986)Christopher Gair, The American Counterculture (2007) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's the fourth installment of our series on Lyndon Johnson's America and we are into crisis mode.  We pick up the story in mid-1967 and discuss how Vietnam, racial violence, and a host of other contentious issues rise to the fore and overwhelm Lyndon Johnson, leading to his eventual withdrawal from office.Along the way we compare 1967/8 with today's political climate, discuss race riots, Tet, the media, the counterculture, second-wave feminism and much more.  Thanks again for listening.Cheers,Mark and MalcolmReading ListThomas Sugrue, The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit (2014)Amy Wedlow, Women Strike for Peace: Traditional Motherhood and Radical Politics in the 1960s. (1993)Daniel Hallin, The 'Uncensored War':The Media and Vietnam (1986)Christopher Gair, The American Counterculture (2007) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Lyndon Johnson's America: Pt..4 - The Crisis

It's the third in our series of 30 minute discussions of random US history topics beginning with a letter of the alphabet. Today - it's R!RepublicansRamboRed ScareRepublican Motherhood ...are just a few of things that we chew over.Cheers,Mark and Malcolm  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's the third in our series of 30 minute discussions of random US history topics beginning with a letter of the alphabet. Today - it's R!RepublicansRamboRed ScareRepublican Motherhood ...are just a few of things that we chew over.Cheers,Mark and Malcolm  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

A-Z: R

It's Part 3 of Lyndon Johnson's America and we arrive at the event which arguably shaped LBJ's presidency more than anything else - the Vietnam War.In this episode, we cover the early years of the conflict (1964-67) and discuss:- Why Vietnam?- Why does Johnson escalate in 1965?- What role do race and gender play during the Vietnam War?- The early anti-war movement- American strategic mistakes in VietnamIn next month's episode we'll examine The Downfall as Johnson's America comes apart as a result of events at home and abroad.Thanks again for listening!Cheers,Mark and MalcolmReading List:Heather Stur, Beyond Combat: Women and gender in the Vietnam War era  (Cambridge University Press, 2011) Daniel Lucks, Selma to Saigon:  The Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War (University of Kentucky Press, 2014)Lien-Hang T. Nguyen, Hanoi’s War: An International History of the War for Peace in Vietnam (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2012)Paul Thomas Chamberlin, The Cold War's Killing Fields: Rethinking the Long Peace (New York: HarperCollins, 2018) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's Part 3 of Lyndon Johnson's America and we arrive at the event which arguably shaped LBJ's presidency more than anything else - the Vietnam War.In this episode, we cover the early years of the conflict (1964-67) and discuss:- Why Vietnam?- Why does Johnson escalate in 1965?- What role do race and gender play during the Vietnam War?- The early anti-war movement- American strategic mistakes in VietnamIn next month's episode we'll examine The Downfall as Johnson's America comes apart as a result of events at home and abroad.Thanks again for listening!Cheers,Mark and MalcolmReading List:Heather Stur, Beyond Combat: Women and gender in the Vietnam War era  (Cambridge University Press, 2011) Daniel Lucks, Selma to Saigon:  The Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War (University of Kentucky Press, 2014)Lien-Hang T. Nguyen, Hanoi’s War: An International History of the War for Peace in Vietnam (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2012)Paul Thomas Chamberlin, The Cold War's Killing Fields: Rethinking the Long Peace (New York: HarperCollins, 2018) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Lyndon Johnson's America: Pt.3 - The War 

It's the second of our episodes where we discuss a series of events, people, and places drawn at random that begin with a specific letter. And today's letter is H!  Fannie Lou HamerAdolf Hitler Jimi Hendrix Hollywoodand many, many more!We'll be back next month with another episode of A-Z!Cheers,Mark and Malcolm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's the second of our episodes where we discuss a series of events, people, and places drawn at random that begin with a specific letter. And today's letter is H!  Fannie Lou HamerAdolf Hitler Jimi Hendrix Hollywoodand many, many more!We'll be back next month with another episode of A-Z!Cheers,Mark and Malcolm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

A-Z: H

On the second episode of Lyndon Johnson's America, we encounter an optimistic America. A United States prospering and beginning to deal with its original sin of racism. We delve into civil rights victories and Johnson's pursuit of a Great Society. But we also discuss the rise of television, the British Invasion led by the Beatles, and America's pursuit of putting a Man on the Moon.This episode will leave you feeling warm and fuzzy. Enjoy it, things are about to hit the proverbial fan.  Cheers,Mark and Malcolm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On the second episode of Lyndon Johnson's America, we encounter an optimistic America. A United States prospering and beginning to deal with its original sin of racism. We delve into civil rights victories and Johnson's pursuit of a Great Society. But we also discuss the rise of television, the British Invasion led by the Beatles, and America's pursuit of putting a Man on the Moon.This episode will leave you feeling warm and fuzzy. Enjoy it, things are about to hit the proverbial fan.  Cheers,Mark and Malcolm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Lyndon Johnson's America: Pt.2 - The Dream

Pulling back the curtain on all the great debates and controversies of American History.

The topics are interesting but it’s unlistenable in its current form?

Sounds soooo bad!

The content on this podcast is excellent and I am especially interested in the LBJ series, but the audio quality is so poor, I’ve stopped listening to it. Both commentators seem extremely well versed in American history and, as an American, I’ve enjoyed listening to the historical events from a non-American perspective, but I can barely hear one commentator while the other one comes through loud and clear and the constant door slamming in the background is really annoying. Hopefully this will soon be rectified because I would love to finish listening to this series!

Great content, poor audio quality

American History Too!

On episode eleven of AmericanHistory Too! we delve into one of the most chilling moments in US history –the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22nd, 1963.  To aid us in the voyage through fear,conspiracy, and legend we are joined by the University of Glasgow’s FraserMcCallum.    What is uncontested about that day? What are the mostplausible and most outlandish conspiracy theories to prosper in the fifty yearssince the assassination?  Why do these conspiraciesmatter?  And how were Lyndon Johnson andBobby Kennedy the original conspiracytheorists?    Finally, does the myth of the fallen President match thereality of the Kennedy presidency?  Findout all this and more on this episode of AmericanHistory Too!   We’ll be back with our next podcast on the Vietnam War inthe next two weeks.  Cheers,  Mark and Malcolm     Reading/Viewing List   -         Kathryn Olmsted, Real Enemies:Conspiracy Theories and American Democracy, World War 1 to 9/11(Oxford:Oxford University Press, 2009)  -         William Manchester, The Death of a President: November 20–November 25, 1963 (US:  Harper &amp; Row, 2013)   -         (Film) - Dir. Oliver Stone, JFK (1991)    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On episode eleven of American History Too! we delve into one of the most chilling moments in US history – the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22nd, 1963.  To aid us in the voyage through fear, conspiracy, and legend we are joined by the University of Glasgow’s Fraser McCallum.   What is uncontested about that day? What are the most plausible and most outlandish conspiracy theories to prosper in the fifty years since the assassination?  Why do these conspiracies matter?  And how were Lyndon Johnson and Bobby Kennedy the original conspiracy theorists?  Finally, does the myth of the fallen President match the reality of the Kennedy presidency?  Find out all this and more on this episode of American History Too! We’ll be back with our next podcast on the Vietnam War in the next two weeks. Cheers, Mark and Malcolm Reading/Viewing List -          Kathryn Olmsted, Real Enemies: Conspiracy Theories and American Democracy, World War 1 to 9/11(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009) -          William Manchester, The Death of a President: November 20–November 25, 1963 (US:  Harper &amp; Row, 2013) -          (Film) - Dir. Oliver Stone, JFK (1991)  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Episode 11 - The JFK Assassination

On Episode 54 we're joined by Grainne McEvoy (@GrainneMcEvoy)  for a timely discussion of American immigration policy over the past 150 years.  In particular, we discuss two pieces of legislation that drastically changed the type of immigrants who would arrive in the United States, and thus shaped the face of America as it exists today.  We also discuss the idea of the 'Melting Pot', the effect of the Cold War, and the role that the Catholic Church have played in influencing immigration policy.  The clip that begins the episode is Lyndon Johnson's 1965 speech at the Statue of Liberty, where he signed the Immigration and Nationality Act that greatly liberalised US immigration policy.  Thanks again for listening and we'll be back in your feeds before Christmas!Cheers,Mark and Malcolm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On Episode 54 we're joined by Grainne McEvoy (<a href="https://twitter.com/GrainneMcEvoy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@GrainneMcEvoy</a>)  for a timely discussion of American immigration policy over the past 150 years.  In particular, we discuss two pieces of legislation that drastically changed the type of immigrants who would arrive in the United States, and thus shaped the face of America as it exists today.  We also discuss the idea of the 'Melting Pot', the effect of the Cold War, and the role that the Catholic Church have played in influencing immigration policy.  The clip that begins the episode is Lyndon Johnson's 1965 speech at the Statue of Liberty, where he signed the Immigration and Nationality Act that greatly liberalised US immigration policy.  Thanks again for listening and we'll be back in your feeds before Christmas!Cheers,Mark and Malcolm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Episode 54 - The Melting Pot: American Immigration Policy since 1900

World War II is over, the Cold War is just beginning, and the United States is set on winning hearts and minds - and foreign elections - by any means necessary. On episode 31 of American History Too! we travel back to the mid-1940s and tell the story behind the creation of the CIA's covert operations programme. From tales of Jesus to a disaster in Bogota, the programme's birth was an interesting one to say the least.Thanks again for listening and we'll be back next month to discuss the experience of American and British soldiers during World War II.  Cheers,Mark and Malcolm Scholarship Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, The CIA and American Democracy, 2nd edition (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1998) Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, Cloak and Dollar: A History of American Secret Intelligence (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002) Steven Long, The CIA and the Soviet Bloc: Political Warfare, the Origins of the CIA and Countering Communism in Europe (London: I.B. Tauris, 2014) Kaeten Mistry, The United States, Italy and the Origins of Cold War: Waging Political Warfare 1945–1950 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014) Christopher Moran, Company Confessions: Revealing CIA Secrets (London: Biteback, 2015) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

World War II is over, the Cold War is just beginning, and the United States is set on winning hearts and minds - and foreign elections - by any means necessary. On episode 31 of American History Too! we travel back to the mid-1940s and tell the story behind the creation of the CIA's covert operations programme. From tales of Jesus to a disaster in Bogota, the programme's birth was an interesting one to say the least. Thanks again for listening and we'll be back next month to discuss the experience of American and British soldiers during World War II.   Cheers, Mark and Malcolm  Scholarship Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, The CIA and American Democracy, 2nd edition (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1998) Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, Cloak and Dollar: A History of American Secret Intelligence (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002) Steven Long, The CIA and the Soviet Bloc: Political Warfare, the Origins of the CIA and Countering Communism in Europe (London: I.B. Tauris, 2014) Kaeten Mistry, The United States, Italy and the Origins of Cold War: Waging Political Warfare 1945–1950 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014) Christopher Moran, Company Confessions: Revealing CIA Secrets (London: Biteback, 2015) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Episode 31 - Gang of Weirdos: The Roots of CIA Covert Operations

We return for the fourteenthepisode of American History Too! todiscuss a horrifying and shameful period in US history:  the outbreak and response to the HIV/AIDScrisis during the 1980s.    Academic impartialityis at a premium as we delve into social and cultural reasons behind the USgovernment’s failure to tame the spread of the deadly virus.  We also consider the important cultural touchstonesthat HIV/AIDS inspired and also the evolution of gay rights in the US.  For those interested,the British broadcast about AIDS that begins the show can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SqRNUUOk7s  The broadcast stoodin stark contrast to official US silence on the issue.   We’ll be back in acouple of weeks to start our series entitled ‘The Revolutionary Sixties?’  Thanks again forlistening,  Mark &amp; Malcolm                    Contact at@ahtoopodast or ahtoo@outlook.com  Reading List  Jennifer Brier, ‘“Save Our Kids, Keep AIDS Out”: Anti-AIDSActivism and the Legacy of Community Control in Queens, New York’, Journalof Social History, 39:4 (Summer, 2006), 965-987  Elizabeth Fee and Nancy Krieger, ‘The Emerging Histories ofAIDS: Three Successive Paradigms’, History and Philosophy of the LifeSciences, 15:3 (1993), 459-487  Randy Shilts, And the band played on:  politics,people, and the AIDS epidemic (New York:  Penguin, 1987)  Films and Documentaries   And the Band Played On , HBO film based on Randy Shilts book (1993)  Dir. Jonathan Demme,Philadelphia (1993)  Angels in America, HBO miniseries (2003)  ‘The Age of Aids,’ PBSFrontline (2006) – numerous interviews available on website.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We return for the fourteenth episode of American History Too! to discuss a horrifying and shameful period in US history:  the outbreak and response to the HIV/AIDS crisis during the 1980s.  Academic impartiality is at a premium as we delve into social and cultural reasons behind the US government’s failure to tame the spread of the deadly virus.  We also consider the important cultural touchstones that HIV/AIDS inspired and also the evolution of gay rights in the US. For those interested, the British broadcast about AIDS that begins the show can be found here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SqRNUUOk7s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SqRNUUOk7s</a> The broadcast stood in stark contrast to official US silence on the issue. We’ll be back in a couple of weeks to start our series entitled ‘The Revolutionary Sixties?’ Thanks again for listening, Mark &amp; Malcolm                  Contact at @ahtoopodast or ahtoo@outlook.com Reading List Jennifer Brier, ‘“Save Our Kids, Keep AIDS Out”: Anti-AIDS Activism and the Legacy of Community Control in Queens, New York’, Journal of Social History, 39:4 (Summer, 2006), 965-987 Elizabeth Fee and Nancy Krieger, ‘The Emerging Histories of AIDS: Three Successive Paradigms’, History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, 15:3 (1993), 459-487 Randy Shilts, And the band played on:  politics, people, and the AIDS epidemic (New York:  Penguin, 1987) Films and Documentaries And the Band Played On , HBO film based on Randy Shilts book (1993) Dir. Jonathan Demme, Philadelphia (1993) Angels in America, HBO miniseries (2003) ‘The Age of Aids,’ PBS Frontline (2006) – numerous interviews available on website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Episode 14 - The HIV/AIDS Crisis in the 1980s

On Episode 45, we are joined by UCL's Nick Witham (@ndwitham) to examine the turbulent events of 1968 in the United States. 50 years on, what are the legacies of the 365 days of tumult? What happened? What impact did it have on various groups in society? And how important were the 'Sixties' more broadly? We guide you through the assassinations, cultural upheavals, Vietnam protest, and - of course - the music of 1968. Thanks again for listening. We'll be back next month to examine Native Americans and slavery.  Cheers,Mark and Malcolm  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On Episode 45, we are joined by UCL's Nick Witham (@ndwitham) to examine the turbulent events of 1968 in the United States. 50 years on, what are the legacies of the 365 days of tumult? What happened? What impact did it have on various groups in society? And how important were the 'Sixties' more broadly? We guide you through the assassinations, cultural upheavals, Vietnam protest, and - of course - the music of 1968. Thanks again for listening. We'll be back next month to examine Native Americans and slavery.  Cheers,Mark and Malcolm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Episode 45 - 1968: 50 Years On

In early 1943 – while the Battle of Stalingrad raged thousands of miles away – US government officials explored the hotel room of a recently deceased scientist. They were looking for the plans to a weapon that could change the war. They were looking for a death ray. The death ray did not exist, but there was enough doubt that Federal officials thought it wise to assess the thousands of notes and sketches that had been made during the scientist’s lifetime. After their assessment, the notes were locked away, leading to a persistent conspiracy theory that there had been a death ray, and that the US government was covering it all up. The notes had belonged to a man who in many ways embodied the American dream, the golden age of science, and the modern image of eccentric inventor. He had been one of the most famous men not only in America, but in the world. He laid the groundwork for many of the technologies that we take for granted today and contributed to many more. In the decades that followed his death in a room of the Hotel New Yorker on January 7, 1943, the scientist has gone from virtual obscurity to international celebrity, the namesake of high powered electric sportscars and a major international airport. Today on American History Too!, we explore the life, times, and legacy of the man who supposedly invented the electrical age: Nikola Tesla.   Reading   W. Bernard Carlson, Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013)Robert Lomas, The man who invented the twentieth century: Nikola Tesla, forgotten genius of electricity (London: Headline, 2000) Paul Lucier, ‘The Origins of Pure and Applied Science in Gilded Age America’, Isis, 103:3 (September 2012), 527-536Marc J. Seifer, Wizard : The life and times of Nikola Tesla ; biography of a genius (Secaucus: Carol Pub., 1996) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In early 1943 – while the Battle of Stalingrad raged thousands of miles away – US government officials explored the hotel room of a recently deceased scientist. They were looking for the plans to a weapon that could change the war. They were looking for a death ray. The death ray did not exist, but there was enough doubt that Federal officials thought it wise to assess the thousands of notes and sketches that had been made during the scientist’s lifetime. After their assessment, the notes were locked away, leading to a persistent conspiracy theory that there had been a death ray, and that the US government was covering it all up. The notes had belonged to a man who in many ways embodied the American dream, the golden age of science, and the modern image of eccentric inventor. He had been one of the most famous men not only in America, but in the world. He laid the groundwork for many of the technologies that we take for granted today and contributed to many more. In the decades that followed his death in a room of the Hotel New Yorker on January 7, 1943, the scientist has gone from virtual obscurity to international celebrity, the namesake of high powered electric sportscars and a major international airport. Today on American History Too!, we explore the life, times, and legacy of the man who supposedly invented the electrical age: Nikola Tesla. Reading W. Bernard Carlson, Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013) Robert Lomas, The man who invented the twentieth century: Nikola Tesla, forgotten genius of electricity (London: Headline, 2000) Paul Lucier, ‘The Origins of Pure and Applied Science in Gilded Age America’, Isis, 103:3 (September 2012), 527-536 Marc J. Seifer, Wizard : The life and times of Nikola Tesla ; biography of a genius (Secaucus: Carol Pub., 1996) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Episode 23 - Secular Electric Jesus: The life and times of Nikola Tesla

On Episode 35 of American History Too! we're joined by the University of Hull's Rachel Williams to discuss the role that religion played in the American Civil War.  Rachel guides us through the evolution of religion from the founding years through to the antebellum era and the effect it had on the emerging country. What effect did relgion have in justifying slavery in the South? Has religion in the US benefitted from not having a predetermined state religion? And what was the effect of the Second Great Awakening?We then discuss how religion shaped the experience of the Civil War and how it impacted both the Northern and Southern cause. Finally, Rachel reflects on how the Civil War experience impacted upon religion going forward and offers us a sneak preview of next month's episode.We hope you enjoy the conversation as much as we did.Cheers,Mark and Malcolm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On Episode 35 of American History Too! we're joined by the University of Hull's Rachel Williams to discuss the role that religion played in the American Civil War.   Rachel guides us through the evolution of religion from the founding years through to the antebellum era and the effect it had on the emerging country. What effect did relgion have in justifying slavery in the South? Has religion in the US benefitted from not having a predetermined state religion? And what was the effect of the Second Great Awakening? We then discuss how religion shaped the experience of the Civil War and how it impacted both the Northern and Southern cause. Finally, Rachel reflects on how the Civil War experience impacted upon religion going forward and offers us a sneak preview of next month's episode. We hope you enjoy the conversation as much as we did. Cheers, Mark and Malcolm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Episode 35 - In God We Trust? Religion and the American Civil War

On Episode 46, we're joined by the University of Hull's Edd Mair, who discusses his research on Native Americans as slaveholders during the 18th and 19th centuries, particularly the Seminole tribe of Florida.We have a wide-ranging discussion of the history of Native American slavery - both as enslaved people and as slaveholders themselves. Why did the enslave Africans? Was it out of necessity or more nefarious reasons? As we find out, some Native Americans even held similar racial beliefs to those that would become common among white people during Social Darwinism's heyday.  Mostly, we get at the question of whether or not Native American were more benevolent slaveholders in comparison with their white counterparts - a common myth that was accepted in American society.We'll be back next month with a follow-up episode on Native Americans when we discuss how they fared during the 20th century.Cheers,Mark and Malcolm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On Episode 46, we're joined by the University of Hull's Edd Mair, who discusses his research on Native Americans as slaveholders during the 18th and 19th centuries, particularly the Seminole tribe of Florida.We have a wide-ranging discussion of the history of Native American slavery - both as enslaved people and as slaveholders themselves. Why did the enslave Africans? Was it out of necessity or more nefarious reasons? As we find out, some Native Americans even held similar racial beliefs to those that would become common among white people during Social Darwinism's heyday.  Mostly, we get at the question of whether or not Native American were more benevolent slaveholders in comparison with their white counterparts - a common myth that was accepted in American society.We'll be back next month with a follow-up episode on Native Americans when we discuss how they fared during the 20th century.Cheers,Mark and Malcolm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Episode 46 - A More Benevolent Slaveholder? Native Americans and the Peculiar Institution

Allan Pinkerton

On Episode 37 of American History Too! we look at a man and an organisation who encapsulated much of what 19th century America was about: immigration, westward expansion, big business, labour relations, war, and politics. We examine Allan Pinkerton and the ‘eye that never sleeps’, the Pinkerton National Detective Agency.ScholarshipChristopher Andrew, For the President’s Eyes Only: Secret Intelligence and the American Presidency, from Washington to Bush (New York: HarperCollins, 1995) Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, The FBI: A History (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007) Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, We Know All About You: The Story of Surveillance in Britain and America (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017) Frank Morn, The Eye That Never Sleeps: A History of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1982) S. Paul O’Hara, Inventing the Pinkertons; or, Spies, Sleuths, Mercenaries, and Thugs (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On Episode 37 of American History Too! we look at a man and an organisation who encapsulated much of what 19th century America was about: immigration, westward expansion, big business, labour relations, war, and politics. We examine Allan Pinkerton and the ‘eye that never sleeps’, the Pinkerton National Detective Agency. Scholarship Christopher Andrew, For the President’s Eyes Only: Secret Intelligence and the American Presidency, from Washington to Bush (New York: HarperCollins, 1995) Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, The FBI: A History (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007) Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, We Know All About You: The Story of Surveillance in Britain and America (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017) Frank Morn, The Eye That Never Sleeps: A History of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1982) S. Paul O’Hara, Inventing the Pinkertons; or, Spies, Sleuths, Mercenaries, and Thugs (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Episode 37 - Private Eye: Allan Pinkerton and the Pinkerton National Detective Agency

The 16th President of the United States, unlike so many of his fellow nineteenth century White House occupants, has not been lost to History. Indeed, his name lives on as the Capitol of Nebraska, as a popular car brand, and as a name for one of America’s two political parties. Beyond the United States, his legacy also has a powerful reach. Here in Scotland, there is statue of him in Edinburgh, while in 2009, the Rwandan government saw fit to issue a stamp bearing his face. And that face, which he took great pleasure in mocking for its ugly features, has been included at one time or another on the 1, 5, 10, 20, 100, and 500 dollar bill. It is sculpted on Mount Rushmore along with Washington, Jefferson, and Theodore Roosevelt.And, perched high upon a grand seat and surrounded by Roman columns and his most famous words, he gazes across the National Mall at the Congress of the United States, acting as a symbolic conscience of the nation.We are, of course, talking about Abraham Lincoln. Today, on American History Too!, joined by the University of Edinburgh's Cat Bateson we ask whether the so-called Great Emancipator deserves such lofty and widespread recognition, and we also examine the uses and abuses of Honest Abe’s legacy since his assassination on Good Friday in 1865. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The 16th President of the United States, unlike so many of his fellow nineteenth century White House occupants, has not been lost to History. Indeed, his name lives on as the Capitol of Nebraska, as a popular car brand, and as a name for one of America’s two political parties. Beyond the United States, his legacy also has a powerful reach. Here in Scotland, there is statue of him in Edinburgh, while in 2009, the Rwandan government saw fit to issue a stamp bearing his face. And that face, which he took great pleasure in mocking for its ugly features, has been included at one time or another on the 1, 5, 10, 20, 100, and 500 dollar bill. It is sculpted on Mount Rushmore along with Washington, Jefferson, and Theodore Roosevelt. And, perched high upon a grand seat and surrounded by Roman columns and his most famous words, he gazes across the National Mall at the Congress of the United States, acting as a symbolic conscience of the nation. We are, of course, talking about Abraham Lincoln. Today, on American History Too!, joined by the University of Edinburgh's Cat Bateson we ask whether the so-called Great Emancipator deserves such lofty and widespread recognition, and we also examine the uses and abuses of Honest Abe’s legacy since his assassination on Good Friday in 1865. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Episode 36 - With Malice Towards None: The Fascinating Life and Legacy of Abraham Lincoln

In 1921, the influential magazine Literary Digest speculated on the morality and nature of the modern young woman:   Is the “old fashioned girl”, with all that she stands for in sweetness, modesty, and innocence, in danger of becoming extinct? Or was she really no better nor worse than the “up to date” girl, who in turn will become the “old fashioned girl” to a later generation? Is it even possible as a small, but impressive, minority would have us believe that the girl of today has certain new virtues of “frankness, sincerity, seriousness of purpose”, lives on a “higher level of morality” and is on the whole “more clean minded and clean lived” than her predecessors?   The Roaring Twenties in America are – in popular culture at least – seen as the era of the liberated flapper, Daisy Buchanan, and all night jazz. But is this really an accurate portrayal of womanhood, femininity, and beauty in the decade of “return to normalcy”? Today on American History Too!, we’re joined by the University of Strathclyde's Rachael Alexander to discuss how femininity and beauty were perceived in 1920s America, and what role mass-market women’s magazines had in reinforcing and changing stereotypes.   Thanks, as always, for listening!   Cheers,Mark &amp; Malcolm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 1921, the influential magazine Literary Digest speculated on the morality and nature of the modern young woman: Is the “old fashioned girl”, with all that she stands for in sweetness, modesty, and innocence, in danger of becoming extinct? Or was she really no better nor worse than the “up to date” girl, who in turn will become the “old fashioned girl” to a later generation? Is it even possible as a small, but impressive, minority would have us believe that the girl of today has certain new virtues of “frankness, sincerity, seriousness of purpose”, lives on a “higher level of morality” and is on the whole “more clean minded and clean lived” than her predecessors? The Roaring Twenties in America are – in popular culture at least – seen as the era of the liberated flapper, Daisy Buchanan, and all night jazz. But is this really an accurate portrayal of womanhood, femininity, and beauty in the decade of “return to normalcy”? Today on American History Too!, we’re joined by the University of Strathclyde's Rachael Alexander to discuss how femininity and beauty were perceived in 1920s America, and what role mass-market women’s magazines had in reinforcing and changing stereotypes. Thanks, as always, for listening! Cheers, Mark &amp; Malcolm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Episode 28 - Beyond the Flapper: Women’s Magazines, Beauty, and Femininity in the 1920s

On Episode 48, our resident Cold War expert, Malcolm, is in the hotseat to discuss whether we are in the midst of a new Cold War (drawing upon his recent contribution to this BBC article - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-43546340).Before we tackle the present day, we cover the old Cold War - what was it? when did it peak? who won? And what amount of credit does Ronald Reagan deserve for ending the long conflict? We then turn our attention to the present day to consider the rise of Russia in the modern world and the role of Vladimir Putin. Finally, Malcolm supplies his top three film and television recommendations for those wanting to understand the Cold War and its implications.  Thanks again for listening and we'll be back with a new guest next month.Cheers,Mark and Malcolm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On Episode 48, our resident Cold War expert, Malcolm, is in the hotseat to discuss whether we are in the midst of a new Cold War (drawing upon his recent contribution to this BBC article - <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-43546340" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-43546340</a>).Before we tackle the present day, we cover the old Cold War - what was it? when did it peak? who won? And what amount of credit does Ronald Reagan deserve for ending the long conflict? We then turn our attention to the present day to consider the rise of Russia in the modern world and the role of Vladimir Putin. Finally, Malcolm supplies his top three film and television recommendations for those wanting to understand the Cold War and its implications.  Thanks again for listening and we'll be back with a new guest next month.Cheers,Mark and Malcolm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Episode 48 - Back to the Future: A New Cold War?

Andrew Jackson

This third episode of AmericanHistory Too! is all about one man – the seventh President of the UnitedStates, Andrew Jackson (1829-1837).  Inparticular, we debate Jackson’s role in the removal of Native Americans fromtheir ancestral homes in the East to newly allotted land west of theMississippi in the 1830s.   Before jumping into the Indian controversy, we bring you upto speed with what’s being happening the US since our last podcast on theConstitution – all in two minutes!  Wethen dive straight into work of historian Francis Prucha and explain – with thehelp of other historians such Mary Young and Jon Meacham – why his attempt torehabilitate Jackson’s image is greatly flawed.   We also debate Jackson’s legacy with regards tothe Native Americans – is Jackson a game changer or merely a colourfulcharacter?  In addition, Richard Nixon is mentioned an obscene amount oftimes for a nineteenth century podcast, Malcolm misguidedly attempts to rank JimmyCarter in the higher echelons of American presidencies, and we most definitely do not discuss the tariff.    Finally, we answer our listener Francesca’s question onwhether – as suggested in The West Wing– Andrew Jackson really did have a big block of cheese in the White House.  We hope you enjoy this third episode (which also featuresimproved audio quality from our first two efforts) and please let us know ifyou have any comments, questions, or suggestions.  Cheers,  Mark &amp; Malcolm   (Contact us on Twitter at @ahtoopodcast or by email at ahtoo@outlook.com) Reading List:              FrancisPaul Prucha, ‘Andrew Jackson’s Indian Policy: A Reassessment’, Journal of American History  56 (1969), pp.527-539 (available on JSTOR).           MaryYoung, ‘The Cherokee Nation: Mirror of the Republic’, American Quarterly, 33 (1981), pp.502-24.           RonaldN Satz, "Indian Policy in the Jacksonian Era," in Leonard Dinnersteinand Kenneth T. Jackson (eds.),  American Vistas 1607-1877 (New York andOxford, Oxford University Press, 1995), 211-227.            JonMeacham, American lion: Andrew Jackson inthe White House (New York : Random House, 2008)                Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This third episode of American History Too! is all about one man – the seventh President of the United States, Andrew Jackson (1829-1837).  In particular, we debate Jackson’s role in the removal of Native Americans from their ancestral homes in the East to newly allotted land west of the Mississippi in the 1830s. Before jumping into the Indian controversy, we bring you up to speed with what’s being happening the US since our last podcast on the Constitution – all in two minutes!  We then dive straight into work of historian Francis Prucha and explain – with the help of other historians such Mary Young and Jon Meacham – why his attempt to rehabilitate Jackson’s image is greatly flawed.   We also debate Jackson’s legacy with regards to the Native Americans – is Jackson a game changer or merely a colourful character? In addition, Richard Nixon is mentioned an obscene amount of times for a nineteenth century podcast, Malcolm misguidedly attempts to rank Jimmy Carter in the higher echelons of American presidencies, and we most definitely do not discuss the tariff.  Finally, we answer our listener Francesca’s question on whether – as suggested in The West Wing – Andrew Jackson really did have a big block of cheese in the White House. We hope you enjoy this third episode (which also features improved audio quality from our first two efforts) and please let us know if you have any comments, questions, or suggestions. Cheers, Mark &amp; Malcolm (Contact us on Twitter at @ahtoopodcast or by email at ahtoo@outlook.com) Reading List:          Francis Paul Prucha, ‘Andrew Jackson’s Indian Policy: A Reassessment’, Journal of American History  56 (1969), pp.527-539 (available on JSTOR).          Mary Young, ‘The Cherokee Nation: Mirror of the Republic’, American Quarterly, 33 (1981), pp.502-24.          Ronald N Satz, "Indian Policy in the Jacksonian Era," in Leonard Dinnerstein and Kenneth T. Jackson (eds.),  American Vistas 1607-1877 (New York and Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1995), 211-227.           Jon Meacham, American lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House (New York : Random House, 2008) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Episode 3 - Andrew Jackson and Indian Removal

Booker T. Washington

We're back! After a delay to allow for holidays and research trips, on a bumper Episode 51, we are joined by two guests - York St John University's Stephen Robinson (@drSRRobinson) and the University of Essex's Miguel Hernandez (@MHernandezGdV) to work through one of the worst eras in American race relations.  We discuss why race relations were so awful, the career of Booker T. Washington, and the revival of the Second KKK. Finally, we discuss the current state of American race relations and if there is any legitimate comparison to contemporary America.Thanks again for listening and we'll be back again before the end of August with Episode 52!Cheers,Mark and Malcolm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We're back! After a delay to allow for holidays and research trips, on a bumper Episode 51, we are joined by two guests - York St John University's Stephen Robinson (@drSRRobinson) and the University of Essex's Miguel Hernandez (@MHernandezGdV) to work through one of the worst eras in American race relations.  We discuss why race relations were so awful, the career of Booker T. Washington, and the revival of the Second KKK. Finally, we discuss the current state of American race relations and if there is any legitimate comparison to contemporary America.Thanks again for listening and we'll be back again before the end of August with Episode 52!Cheers,Mark and Malcolm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Episode 51 - Black and White: Booker T. Washington, the Second KKK, and Race Relations, 1880-1930

It's a new podcast!The idea is simple. We've written down loads of names/events/developments that relate to American History that begin with the same letter. They have been scrunched up in a hat, they are picked at random, and we have 30 minutes to discuss whatever comes out the hat.And today, we're all about the letter C!We discuss everything from Lewis and Clark to China, Civil Rights to the CIA. And much more!We hope you enjoy this new type of podcast. We plan to publish a new one every month alongside our main podcast.Cheers,Mark and Malcolm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's a new podcast!The idea is simple. We've written down loads of names/events/developments that relate to American History that begin with the same letter. They have been scrunched up in a hat, they are picked at random, and we have 30 minutes to discuss whatever comes out the hat.And today, we're all about the letter C!We discuss everything from Lewis and Clark to China, Civil Rights to the CIA. And much more!We hope you enjoy this new type of podcast. We plan to publish a new one every month alongside our main podcast.Cheers,Mark and Malcolm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

American History A-Z: C

American History Too!is back for a new semester and we’re examining the Irish-American experience ofthe Civil War (1861-1865).  To help usdelve into this vast and interesting topic is the University of Edinburgh’sCatherine Bateson.   Cat guides us through Irish immigration to North America,the different military and civilian roles played by Irish-Americans during thewar, and some of the music that emerged from the Irish-American experience ofthe young nation’s most brutal conflict.   We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we enjoyed listeningto Cat while recording it.    Thanks again to all of our listeners; we are humbled to benearing the 10,000 listens landmark in our first year of podcasting. As alwaysif you have any questions or feedback then please get in touch at @ahtoopodcastor ahtoo@outlook.com  We’ll be back next month to discuss the fascinating Scopestrial of the 1920s.  Cheers,  Mark and Malcolm  Reading ListDavid T. Gleeson, The Green and the Gray: The Irish in the Confederate States of America (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2013)  Christian G. Samito, Becoming American Under Fire: Irish Americans, African Americans, and the Politics of Citizenship During the Civil War Era (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2009).  Damian Shiels, The Irish in the American Civil War (Dublin: The History Press Ireland, 2013)  Christian McWhirter, Battle Hymns: The Power and Popularity of Music in the Civil War (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2012)Kerby A. Miller, Ireland and Irish America: Culture, Class, and Transatlantic Migration (Dublin: Field Day, 2008)Paul Quigley, Shifting Grounds: Nationalism and the American South, 1848-1865 (New York: OUP, 2012)Susannah J. Ural, The Harp and the Eagle: Irish-American Volunteers and the Union Army, 1861-1865 (New York: New York University Press, 2006)  Susannah J. Ural, (ed.), Civil War Citizens: Race, Ethnicity, and Identity in America’s Bloodiest Conflict (New York: New York University Press, 2010)  Irish in the American Civil War: Exploring Irish Involvement in the American Civil War, http://irishamericancivilwar.com/Britain and the American Civil War, British Library online gallery exhibition, http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/uscivilwar/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

American History Too! is back for a new semester and we’re examining the Irish-American experience of the Civil War (1861-1865).  To help us delve into this vast and interesting topic is the University of Edinburgh’s Catherine Bateson.  Cat guides us through Irish immigration to North America, the different military and civilian roles played by Irish-Americans during the war, and some of the music that emerged from the Irish-American experience of the young nation’s most brutal conflict. We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we enjoyed listening to Cat while recording it.  Thanks again to all of our listeners; we are humbled to be nearing the 10,000 listens landmark in our first year of podcasting. As always if you have any questions or feedback then please get in touch at @ahtoopodcast or <a href="https://americanhistorytoo.podbean.com/mailto:ahtoo@outlook.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ahtoo@outlook.com</a> We’ll be back next month to discuss the fascinating Scopes trial of the 1920s. Cheers, Mark and Malcolm Reading List David T. Gleeson, The Green and the Gray: The Irish in the Confederate States of America (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2013) Christian G. Samito, Becoming American Under Fire: Irish Americans, African Americans, and the Politics of Citizenship During the Civil War Era (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2009). Damian Shiels, The Irish in the American Civil War (Dublin: The History Press Ireland, 2013) Christian McWhirter, Battle Hymns: The Power and Popularity of Music in the Civil War (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2012) Kerby A. Miller, Ireland and Irish America: Culture, Class, and Transatlantic Migration (Dublin: Field Day, 2008) Paul Quigley, Shifting Grounds: Nationalism and the American South, 1848-1865 (New York: OUP, 2012) Susannah J. Ural, The Harp and the Eagle: Irish-American Volunteers and the Union Army, 1861-1865 (New York: New York University Press, 2006) Susannah J. Ural, (ed.), Civil War Citizens: Race, Ethnicity, and Identity in America’s Bloodiest Conflict (New York: New York University Press, 2010) Irish in the American Civil War: Exploring Irish Involvement in the American Civil War,<a href="http://irishamericancivilwar.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://irishamericancivilwar.com/</a> Britain and the American Civil War, British Library online gallery exhibition, <a href="http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/uscivilwar/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/uscivilwar/</a> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Episode 16 - Irish-Americans and the Civil War

The fourth episode of AmericanHistory Too! delves into the United States’ deadliest conflict to date –The American Civil War.  To help us withthis mammoth task we bring on board University of Edinburgh lecturer, Dr DavidSilkenat.  David teaches a course here atEdinburgh on the American Civil War and, among his various publications, he haspublished a well-received, award-winning book entitled Moments of Despair:Suicide, Divorce, and Debt in Civil War Era North Carolina.    David guides usthrough how the Civil War legacy’s remains a contentious bone in the AmericanSouth.  We then turn our attentions Northand discuss the role of Copperheads (opponents of the war) in fomentingdissension – both rhetorical and violent – against the both the conflict andAbraham Lincoln.  In particular, David –a native New Yorker – offers us his take on the New York Draft Riots of July1863 that ended with roughly 120 dead and 2,000 wounded in the nation’s biggestmetropolis.  In addition, wehear how the Bush Administration used Abraham Lincoln as a justification forGuantanamo Bay, Mark tells the story of the first African American scientistwho now has a coffee shop named after him in Glasgow, and Malcolm lets us knowfrom which historical event the San Francisco 49ers took their name.  All this and much more this week on AmericanHistory Too!   Thanks again forlistening and as always any feedback is always welcome.  Find us at @ahtoopodcast, @contestedgroundand @markmclay1985   Also, please checkout David’s podcast at @AHuntucked   Cheers,  Mark &amp; Malcolm    Reading List:  -         Jennifer Weber, Copperheads: the rise and fall of Lincoln’s opponents in the North(New York:  Oxford University Press,2006)  -         Joan E. Cashin (ed), The war was you and me : civilians in the American Civil War (Princeton,N.J.: Princeton University Press, c2002)  -         Kenneth D. Ackerman, Boss Tweed: The rise and fall of the corrupt pol who conceived the soulof Modern New York (2005)  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The fourth episode of American History Too! delves into the United States’ deadliest conflict to date – The American Civil War.  To help us with this mammoth task we bring on board University of Edinburgh lecturer, Dr David Silkenat.  David teaches a course here at Edinburgh on the American Civil War and, among his various publications, he has published a well-received, award-winning book entitled Moments of Despair: Suicide, Divorce, and Debt in Civil War Era North Carolina.  David guides us through how the Civil War legacy’s remains a contentious bone in the American South.  We then turn our attentions North and discuss the role of Copperheads (opponents of the war) in fomenting dissension – both rhetorical and violent – against the both the conflict and Abraham Lincoln.  In particular, David – a native New Yorker – offers us his take on the New York Draft Riots of July 1863 that ended with roughly 120 dead and 2,000 wounded in the nation’s biggest metropolis. In addition, we hear how the Bush Administration used Abraham Lincoln as a justification for Guantanamo Bay, Mark tells the story of the first African American scientist who now has a coffee shop named after him in Glasgow, and Malcolm lets us know from which historical event the San Francisco 49ers took their name.  All this and much more this week on American History Too! Thanks again for listening and as always any feedback is always welcome.  Find us at @ahtoopodcast, @contestedground and @markmclay1985 Also, please check out David’s podcast at @AHuntucked Cheers, Mark &amp; Malcolm Reading List: -          Jennifer Weber, Copperheads: the rise and fall of Lincoln’s opponents in the North (New York:  Oxford University Press, 2006) -          Joan E. Cashin (ed), The war was you and me : civilians in the American Civil War (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, c2002) -          Kenneth D. Ackerman, Boss Tweed: The rise and fall of the corrupt pol who conceived the soul of Modern New York (2005) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Episode 4 - The American Civil War

On January 20th 1920, the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution - which banned the production, transport, and sale of alcohol - went into effect. Among the many Americans rejoicing at the passage of Prohibition that evening, was one Pauline Sabin.    Sabin, a wealthy WASP socialite, who was New York’s first ever female member of the Republican National Committee, foresaw many positives to an alcohol-free society. Like many American women, Sabin viewed alcohol as a threat to the morality of her family, particularly her two young sons, and, in her own words, Sabin believed that “a world without liquor would be a beautiful world.”   Quickly, however, Sabin and many others realised that such utopian hopes were misplaced. Prohibition, it seemed was creating more problems than it solved. Looking around at the increased crime and disrespect for law and order in the country, Sabin came to the conclusion that Prohibition was actually creating a worse world for her sons as opposed to the beautiful world she had once imagined.    By 1929, convinced of Prohibition’s failure, Pauline Sabin formed and led the Women’s Organization for National Prohibition Reform (WONPR). An organisation that quickly accrued over 1.5 million members and led the charge to repeal Prohibition.    Women had played a crucial role in Prohibition’s passage and much to everyone’s surprise they would play an equally important role in its eventual repeal in 1933.     Prohibition would throw up many such surprises throughout the thirteen years it remained on the books and many of its failures still hold important lessons for our society today.  As such, on this episode of American History Too, we aim to answer a simple question:  Why did American Prohibition fail?      Reading List    David Kennedy, Freedom From Fear (1999)   David E. Kyvig, “Women Against Prohibition,” American Quarterly, Vol. 28, No. 4 (Autumn, 1976), 465-482.   Mary Murphy, “Bootlegging Mothers and Drinking Daughters: Gender and Prohibition in Butte, Montana,” American Quarterly, Vol.46, No.2 (Jun., 1994), 174-194.   Michael Parrish, Anxious Decades (1992)   Kenneth Rose, American women and the repeal of Prohibition (1996)   Wendy Sarvasy, “Beyond the Difference versus Equality Policy Debate: Postsuffrage Feminism, Citizenship, and the Quest for a Feminist Welfare State,” Signs, 17:2 (Winter, 1992), 329-362     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On January 20th 1920, the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution - which banned the production, transport, and sale of alcohol - went into effect. Among the many Americans rejoicing at the passage of Prohibition that evening, was one Pauline Sabin.  Sabin, a wealthy WASP socialite, who was New York’s first ever female member of the Republican National Committee, foresaw many positives to an alcohol-free society. Like many American women, Sabin viewed alcohol as a threat to the morality of her family, particularly her two young sons, and, in her own words, Sabin believed that “a world without liquor would be a beautiful world.” Quickly, however, Sabin and many others realised that such utopian hopes were misplaced. Prohibition, it seemed was creating more problems than it solved. Looking around at the increased crime and disrespect for law and order in the country, Sabin came to the conclusion that Prohibition was actually creating a worse world for her sons as opposed to the beautiful world she had once imagined.  By 1929, convinced of Prohibition’s failure, Pauline Sabin formed and led the Women’s Organization for National Prohibition Reform (WONPR). An organisation that quickly accrued over 1.5 million members and led the charge to repeal Prohibition.  Women had played a crucial role in Prohibition’s passage and much to everyone’s surprise they would play an equally important role in its eventual repeal in 1933.   Prohibition would throw up many such surprises throughout the thirteen years it remained on the books and many of its failures still hold important lessons for our society today.  As such, on this episode of American History Too, we aim to answer a simple question:  Why did American Prohibition fail? Reading List David Kennedy, Freedom From Fear (1999) David E. Kyvig, “Women Against Prohibition,” American Quarterly, Vol. 28, No. 4 (Autumn, 1976), 465-482. Mary Murphy, “Bootlegging Mothers and Drinking Daughters: Gender and Prohibition in Butte, Montana,” American Quarterly, Vol.46, No.2 (Jun., 1994), 174-194. Michael Parrish, Anxious Decades (1992) Kenneth Rose, American women and the repeal of Prohibition (1996) Wendy Sarvasy, “Beyond the Difference versus Equality Policy Debate: Postsuffrage Feminism, Citizenship, and the Quest for a Feminist Welfare State,” Signs, 17:2 (Winter, 1992), 329-362 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Episode 24 - Banning the Booze: American Prohibition

What it says in the title. It's over and in an attempt to process Trump's shock victory we break down the 2016 election into historical perspective. To do so, we're joined once more by Paddy Andelic (@pkandelic). We discuss why Trump won, why Clinton lost, where the parties stand, and what history suggests we're in store for from a Trump presidency. Finally, we answer an eerily prescient listener question.We'll be back next week with our regular podcast so look out for that, and thanks again for listening.  Cheers,Mark and Malcolm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What it says in the title. It's over and in an attempt to process Trump's shock victory we break down the 2016 election into historical perspective. To do so, we're joined once more by Paddy Andelic (@pkandelic). We discuss why Trump won, why Clinton lost, where the parties stand, and what history suggests we're in store for from a Trump presidency. Finally, we answer an eerily prescient listener question. We'll be back next week with our regular podcast so look out for that, and thanks again for listening.   Cheers, Mark and Malcolm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Bonus - Donald Ducked: The 2016 Election Special

In the small town of Dayton, Tennessee, the morning of FridayJuly 10, 1925 was blisteringly hot. Outside the country courtroom, a crowd ofaround 1000 people had gathered. Squeezing through the throng came a youngschoolteacher and athletics coach, John Scopes. Scopes was accompanied by ClarenceDarrow, one of the most famous lawyers in the United States. But when a cheerwent up from the assembled mass, it was not for Scopes or Darrow, but for theelderly, burly figure of Williams Jennings Bryan. Lawyer, moralist, three timesPresidential candidate, religious authority, and key figure in the Populistmovement of the 1890s. These two legal titans were here to defend and prosecuteJohn Scopes. His crime was admitting to teaching Darwinian evolution indefiance of a state law banning the promulgation of evolutionary theory. TheScopes Trial has entered popular myth and legend, claimed as a victory by bothsides, misrepresented and misunderstood in film and literature. So, in Episode17 of American History Too! we’re going to look at the 1925Scopes Trial and try to get to the heart of what was actually going on.Reading List Barry Hankins, Jesus and Gin:  Evangelicalism, theRoaring Twenties and Today’s Culture Wars (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010)  Edward J. Larson, Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trialand America’s Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion (HarvardUniversity Press, 1998)  Michael Lienisch, In the Beginning: Fundamentalism, theScopes Trial, and the Making of the Antievolution Movement (University ofNorth Carolina Press, 2007)  Jeffrey P. Moran, The Scopes Trial: A Brief History WithDocuments (Bedford/St Martin’s, 2002)  Ronald Numbers, Darwinism Comes to America (HarvardUniversity Press, 1998)  Charles Postel, The Populist Vision (Oxford UniversityPress, 2007)  Andrew Preston, Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith:Religion in American War and Diplomacy (Anchor Books, 2012)  Adam Shapiro, Trying Biology: The Scopes Trial, Textbooks,and the Antievolution Movement in American Schools (University of ChicagoPress, 2014)  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the small town of Dayton, Tennessee, the morning of Friday July 10, 1925 was blisteringly hot. Outside the country courtroom, a crowd of around 1000 people had gathered. Squeezing through the throng came a young schoolteacher and athletics coach, John Scopes. Scopes was accompanied by Clarence Darrow, one of the most famous lawyers in the United States. But when a cheer went up from the assembled mass, it was not for Scopes or Darrow, but for the elderly, burly figure of Williams Jennings Bryan. Lawyer, moralist, three times Presidential candidate, religious authority, and key figure in the Populist movement of the 1890s. These two legal titans were here to defend and prosecute John Scopes. His crime was admitting to teaching Darwinian evolution in defiance of a state law banning the promulgation of evolutionary theory.  The Scopes Trial has entered popular myth and legend, claimed as a victory by both sides, misrepresented and misunderstood in film and literature. So, in Episode 17 of American History Too! we’re going to look at the 1925 Scopes Trial and try to get to the heart of what was actually going on. Reading List Barry Hankins, Jesus and Gin:  Evangelicalism, the Roaring Twenties and Today’s Culture Wars (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010) Edward J. Larson, Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America’s Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion (Harvard University Press, 1998) Michael Lienisch, In the Beginning: Fundamentalism, the Scopes Trial, and the Making of the Antievolution Movement (University of North Carolina Press, 2007) Jeffrey P. Moran, The Scopes Trial: A Brief History With Documents (Bedford/St Martin’s, 2002) Ronald Numbers, Darwinism Comes to America (Harvard University Press, 1998) Charles Postel, The Populist Vision (Oxford University Press, 2007) Andrew Preston, Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith: Religion in American War and Diplomacy (Anchor Books, 2012) Adam Shapiro, Trying Biology: The Scopes Trial, Textbooks, and the Antievolution Movement in American Schools (University of Chicago Press, 2014) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Episode 17 - The Scopes Trial

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