Tuesday, July 17, 2012

David Blight on American Oracle



Greetings Cosmic Americans - In this video, historian David Blight discusses the collision of the Civil War and the Civil Rights movement during the 1950s and 60s - the topic of his latest book, American Oracle. I strongly suggest having a look at this book - I found it interesting to read about the war during the centennial...and how things have (and in some cases) have not changed for the sesquicentennial.

Peace,
Keith

2 comments:

  1. What did you think of American Oracle? Are you going to review it?

    I enjoyed it, although since I had not read all the works Blight discussed, I sometimes found myself at the mercy of his descriptions of them.

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  2. I enjoyed the book - but I enjoy everything Blight writes...even though I find myself disagreeing with him at every turn. Funny how that works out, yes?
    At any rate - no plans to review it any time soon. I have so much to do these days (or rather, so much that I should be doing). Maybe sometime in the future.

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