When we think of early American political thought, we tend to overlook the influence of the natural environment on the formation of settlement. Listen in as @msomos joins @treatiedspaces to discuss AMERICAN STATES of NATURE (@OUPHistory) on the podcast ⬇️
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How did public demand shape education in 20th century Britain? THE CRISIS of MERITOCRACY (@OUPHistory) spotlights the conflict between meritocracy and democracy in a complex and fragmented educational system.
👂👂👂@PeterMandler1 joins @DrDaveOBrien👇
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Analyzing writings on political counsel from the end of the Wars of the Roses to the end of the English Civil War, COUNSEL and COMMAND in EARLY MODERN ENGLISH THOUGHT (@cambUP_History) breaks down the relationship between counsel and sovereignty. 👂👇
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More than a Puritan, John Winthrop was a settler governor who envisioned New England as a boundlessly fertile, and exploitable, Promised Land. Learn more as Agnès Delahaye discusses SETTLING the GOOD LAND (@Brill_History) with @KJOdyniec on the podcast ↙️
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DOUBTFUL READERS offers readings of early modern poets to show that early printings of their work organized their texts in order to make specific points. Find out how poetry was transformed in and sometimes by the move to print as @erinannmcc joins us↙️
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📘THE CHURCHILL COMPLEX (@penguinpress) takes readers on a journey through the "Special Relationship" between Britain and America that has done so much to shape the world, from World War II to Brexit. 🎙️Ian Buruma is @KirkMeighoo's guest on the podcast ↙️
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THE LOCKHART PLOT (@OUPHistory) recounts the story of British diplomat, Bruce Lockhart, sent to Soviet Russia in 1917. Tho' initially seeking some sort of accommodation, he ends up plotting to overthrow the regime. Jonathan Schner joins @HistoryInvestor👇
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Using war to examine the interactions of people who forged shared experiences amid endemic conflict, ATLANTIC WARS (@OUPHistory) is a sweeping synthesis of the intermingling of European, Indigenous & African history. Geoffrey Plank joins @treatiedspaces👇
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On March 27, 1945, a small group of partisans and British soldiers from the elite Special Air Service stormed villas in northern Italy that were serving as the HQ of the German 14th Army. Learn more about CHURCHILL's HELLRAISERS as Damien Lewis joins us👇
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The British colonial state in India was defined as much by bureaucracies as it was by military power--ruled not but soldiers but by scribes. 🎙️Hayden J. Bellenoit discusses THE FORMATION of the COLONIAL STATE in INDIA (@RoutledgeHist) w/@treatiedspaces👇
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