Post archive for ‘Highlights’
Civil War 150: Empty Sleeves and Broken Hearts
In this interview Ed interviews Megan Kate Nelson about the proliferation of so-called “empty sleeve narratives” in poems, stories, songs, and artworks that glorified amputee veterans returning home after the Civil War.
Civil War 150: Mapping Slavery, Pt. 2
In this interview, Ed speaks with historian Susan Schulten about the map that used U.S. Census data to illustrate the distribution of slave populations prior to the Civil War.
Civil War 150: Mapping Slavery, Pt. 1
In this interview, the History Guys take a look at the famous Francis Bicknell Carpenter painting, “First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln,” and talk to historian Susan Schulten about the map featured in the lower right-hand corner of the image.
Civil War 150: Not So Safe Space
In this interview, Ed speaks with historian Jim Downs about how disease devastated populations of escaped slaves in contraband camps behind Union lines during after the Civil War.
Why Southerners Fought
The following clip is an interview featured in the BackStory episode “Civil War 150th: Why They Fought.” You can listen to the entire episode here. The History Guys interview Aaron Sheehan-Dean, historian at the University of North Florida, about the Confederate cause.
Why Northerners Fought
The following clip is an interview featured in the BackStory episode “Civil War 150th: Why They Fought.” You can listen to the entire episode here. 19th Century Guy Ed Ayers and 20th Century Guy Brian Balogh interview Civil War Historian Gary Gallagher, from the University of Virginia.
Lincoln’s Journey
The following narrative of President Lincoln is featured in the BackStory episode “Civil War 150th: The Road to Civil War.” You can listen to the entire episode here. Listen to a narrative of President Lincoln’s journey from Illinois to the White House.
1940 Census Taker
The following audio clip is an extended version of an interview featured in the BackStory episode “Beyond Numbers: A History of the U.S. Census.” You can listen to the entire episode here. 19th Century Guy Brian Balogh interviews Al Marquardt, one of the census takers for the 1940 census.
Urbanization and the 1920 Census
The following audio clip is an extended version of an interview featured in the BackStory episode “Beyond Numbers: A History of the U.S. Census.” You can listen to the entire episode here. Robert Frost, in his poem “The Census Taker” reflects upon the information revealed by the 1920 census.
Radical Religion and Radical Politics
The following audio clip is an extended version of an interview featured in the BackStory episode “American Spirit: A History of the Supernatural.” You can listen to the entire episode here. 18th Century Guy Peter Onuf interviews Ann Braude about the intersection between spiritualism and radical politics.
