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American Coasts: Past and Future
American Coasts: Past and Future
Before there were coasts there were shores. In this talk, John Gillis explores the emergence of modern coasts, which, beginning in the eighteenth century, displaced older notions of shore. The creation of coasts has been a global phenomenon, but in this talk Prof. Gillis focuses on the American experience. He examines the effects of coasts […]
Capitalism Takes Command: The Social Transformation of Nineteenth Century America
Capitalism Takes Command: The Social Transformation of Nineteenth Century America
Michael Zakim offers a paper entitled “Paperwork,” a social and cultural exploration of antebellum clerkship and the relationship of that species of “nonproductive labor” to the emergence of modern American capitalism. His paper can be found here. About our speaker: Michael Zakim is Professor of History at Tel Aviv University. He is the author of […]