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179 After the Revolution: Governance During the Critical Period
Episode 179
The Confederation period is one of the most neglected aspects of United States History. And yet, it’s a very important period. Between 1781 …
8 years, 6 months ago
178 Muslims and Moriscos in Colonial Spanish America
Episode 178
In 1535, Spanish holdings in the Americas proved so great that the Spanish government created the Viceroyalty of New Spain to govern all ter…
8 years, 6 months ago
177 The Social Life of Maps in America
Episode 177
Did you know that maps have social lives?
Maps facilitate a lot of different social and political relationships between people and nations. …
8 years, 6 months ago
176 The Value of the Enslaved From Womb to Grave
Episode 176
What did it mean to be a person and to also be a commodity in early America?
Daina Ramey Berry, author of The Price for Their Pound of Flesh…
8 years, 6 months ago
175 House Divided: The Revolution in Ben Franklin's House
Episode 175
Just how personal was the American Revolution?
What could the event and war mean for individual people and families?
Daniel Mark Epstein, au…
8 years, 7 months ago
174 Yellow Fever in the Early American Republic
Episode 174
It’s February 2018 and doctors have declared this year’s seasonal flu epidemic as one of the worst to hit the United States in over a decade…
8 years, 7 months ago
173 Colonial Port Cities and Slavery
Episode 173
The histories of early North America and the Caribbean are intimately intertwined. The same European empires we encounter in our study of ea…
8 years, 7 months ago
172 Spies, Patriots, and Traitors: American Intelligence in the Revolutionary War
Episode 172
Intelligence gathering plays an important role in the foreign policies of many modern-day nation states, including the United States. Which …
8 years, 7 months ago
171 Native Americans, British Colonists, and Trade in North America
Episode 171
History books like to tell us that Native Americans did not fully understand British methods and ideas of trade. Is this really true?
Did Na…
8 years, 8 months ago
170 New England Bound: Slavery in Early New England
Episode 170
New England was a place with no cash crops. It was a place where many of its earliest settlers came to live just so they could worship their…
8 years, 8 months ago