Ford Evening Book Talk: Unfriendly to Liberty
Hear from historian Christopher F. Minty, author of Unfriendly to Liberty: Loyalist Networks and the Coming of the American Revolution in New York City.
Minty's new book explores the origins of loyalism in New York City between 1768 and 1776, and revises our understanding of the coming of the American Revolution.
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Ford Evening Book Talk: How the Best Did It, Leadership Lessons from Our Top Presidents
Hear from historian Talmage Boston, author of How the Best Did It: Leadership Lessons from our Top Presidents.
Talmage Boston's new book is an accessible and insightful explanation of how the most important leadership traits from America’s eight greatest presidents can be implemented by today’s leaders. It is a discerning examination of what can be learned from some of our most effective leaders who have held—and wielded—ultimate power at the highest level.
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Ford Evening Book Talk: Revolutionary Things
Hear from University of Miami professor Ashli White, author of Revolutionary Things: Material Culture and Politics in the Late Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World.
Dr. White's new book examines how objects associated with the American, French, and Haitian revolutions drew diverse people throughout the Atlantic world into debates over revolutionary ideals. She explores the power of material things and visual images to express the fervor and fear of the revolutionary era.
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Ford Evening Book Talk: Richard Brookhiser on John Trumbull
Hear from popular historian Richard Brookhiser, author of Glorious Lessons: John Trumbull Painter of the American Revolution.
Brookhiser examines the complicated life and legacy of John Trumbull, whose paintings portrayed both the struggle and the principles that distinguished America’s founding moment.
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Ford Evening Book Talk: Democracy in Darkness
Hear from University of Notre Dame professor Katlyn Carter, author of Democracy in Darkness: Secrecy and Transparency in the Age of Revolutions.
Dr. Carter's examines how debates over secrecy and transparency in politics during the eighteenth century shaped modern democracy. This new book rehapes our understanding of how government by and for the people emerged during the Age of Revolutions.
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