Ditto. I finished them shortly after Battle Cry. I miss the last two weeks. It was like being back in college. Anyone know of any lectures or podcasts focusing on the same terrain?
Also Sorn, I picked up the Drew Faust book Blight kept talking about--Republic of Suffering. It's pretty good so far. I'm about 70 pages in.
Also, I'm an idiot. I didn't realize she was president of Harvard.
Thanks I will check it out. Also planning to pick up Nate Shaw's autobiography and the book Autobiography of an ex-colored man. It would be interesting to see how those compare with later studies of the south like Black Like Me.
I'm also looking for a good study of the effects of the civil war on Indian policy in the west. My first run-ins with Sherman, Sheridan, not to mention Custer and Miles were as leaders of a frontier army pursuing a policy of resource war against an indegenous population.
The same William T. Sherman who said "Ain't gonna be no n---- in uncle billie's army" also said "the only good Indian is a dead Indian," and initiated the wholesale slaughter of the buffalo. It would also be fascinating to see if there is any sort of a link between the freedman's bureau and the BIA Boarding schools.
You are my intellectual brother. I've been thinking up a post on the cruel irony that many of the tactics used to subdue the South, were ultimately used against the Plains Indians. Really sad.
you may want to check for info through: http://www.haskell.edu/ in Lawrence KS, which was once one of those evil boarding schools and now has a pretty strong history collection, fascinating place with a good native documentary film-fest
good luck with that I'll be interested to hear whatever you find, if you get a chance I would appreciate your take on: http://books.google.com/books?id=Gni5rtGLVlQC&pg=PP1&dq=johnathan+lear+radical+hope
not sure if the mash-up of Plenty Coups and Aristotelian/Nichomachean ethics holds but it seemd to raise some serious questions/possibilities.
There are several books that might be good for reading about the effects of the civil war on Indian policy: Lincoln and the Indians: Civil War Policy and Politics by David Nichols; books by Patricia Limerick and David White; Savages and Scoundrels by Paul VanDevelder. There is also a new novel by Paulette Jiles about a freed slave who moves to Texas with his family, and then becomes an Indian hostage hunter - The Color of Lightning. Not academic, of course, but a good book to add to non-fiction reading.
Someone tweeted that and I read it last night. Fascinating. You hear so much about what they believe, but so little (until now) about how the church actually operates. I was wandering around Dupont Circle yesterday and found the Church of Scientology (a half-block down from the Real World: DC house, coincidentally) where they seemed to be having some sort of open house or fair. Thought for five seconds about going in and checking it out, but decided it wouldn't be worth it in the long run.
For audio material there's a discussion between three historians, Blight, Glenda Gilmore, and Jonathon Holloway about the Obama election that was posted in the Yale History podcasts section on itunes back in November that I found quite moving back in those days when we all were still dazed and overwhelmed by what had happened. I believe there's also a podcast just with Blight reading from his A Slave No More book-- more incredible writing from freedmen there.
Here's a piece no one cared about. Meh, whatever, probably the most enjoyable article I did during my stint at TIME. Premiered a month before I got laid-off. The nail in the coffin? Ya think?
Here's me going after Al. I didn't so much have a problem with him, as I had a problem with media acting like this dude was the go-to guy for everything black.
This was my first real story at time. I was writing for the Business section, a real change of direction for me. At any rate, it's about Wal-Mart's attempts to colonize the inner-city. As much as I enjoyed this piece, I mostly enjoyed going out to Chicago, which is a beautiful, beautiful city.
This a piece I did about the cops just outside our nation capitol, in Prince George's County, a few years back. I wanted to offer a counter to the dumb, conventional wisdom that if you paint your police force black, you could eradicate police brutality. In fact, Prince George's--one of the richest, blackest counties in the country--also had one of the most brutal police force's in the country.
The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood 
for Sorn and others given to waxing metaphysical over lunch you may enjoy the tortured but often poignant musings of michael ventura's letters @ 3am:
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Archive/column?oid=oid%3A73654
Thanks.
This may have been mentioned on another thread, but did anyone else catch John Hodgeman's roast of President Obama over the weekend?
If you ever suspected Obama was the Kwisatz Haderach, you might be amused.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW7OPByRGDY
That was beautiful.
I like that guy, but wow, was that nerdy/geeky. I did not get half the jokes, so I guess I am a jock.
Has anyone else finished the Blight lectures?
I'm wondering where to go from here, and would like some advice.
Ditto. I finished them shortly after Battle Cry. I miss the last two weeks. It was like being back in college. Anyone know of any lectures or podcasts focusing on the same terrain?
Also Sorn, I picked up the Drew Faust book Blight kept talking about--Republic of Suffering. It's pretty good so far. I'm about 70 pages in.
Also, I'm an idiot. I didn't realize she was president of Harvard.
Thanks I will check it out. Also planning to pick up Nate Shaw's autobiography and the book Autobiography of an ex-colored man. It would be interesting to see how those compare with later studies of the south like Black Like Me.
I'm also looking for a good study of the effects of the civil war on Indian policy in the west. My first run-ins with Sherman, Sheridan, not to mention Custer and Miles were as leaders of a frontier army pursuing a policy of resource war against an indegenous population.
The same William T. Sherman who said "Ain't gonna be no n---- in uncle billie's army" also said "the only good Indian is a dead Indian," and initiated the wholesale slaughter of the buffalo. It would also be fascinating to see if there is any sort of a link between the freedman's bureau and the BIA Boarding schools.
You are my intellectual brother. I've been thinking up a post on the cruel irony that many of the tactics used to subdue the South, were ultimately used against the Plains Indians. Really sad.
you may want to check for info through:
http://www.haskell.edu/ in Lawrence KS, which was once one of those evil boarding schools and now has a pretty strong history collection, fascinating place with a good native documentary film-fest
@TNC
Itchick, aho, (good, thank you) as they say where I grew up. That's high praise. Don't know what to say except the feeling is mutual.
@ DMF thanks I will shoot them an email, and try to see where the road leads.
Quick joke.
What does BIA stand for?
Bossing Indians Around......
good luck with that I'll be interested to hear whatever you find, if you get a chance I would appreciate your take on:
http://books.google.com/books?id=Gni5rtGLVlQC&pg=PP1&dq=johnathan+lear+radical+hope
not sure if the mash-up of Plenty Coups and Aristotelian/Nichomachean ethics holds but it seemd to raise some serious questions/possibilities.
There are several books that might be good for reading about the effects of the civil war on Indian policy: Lincoln and the Indians: Civil War Policy and Politics by David Nichols; books by Patricia Limerick and David White; Savages and Scoundrels by Paul VanDevelder. There is also a new novel by Paulette Jiles about a freed slave who moves to Texas with his family, and then becomes an Indian hostage hunter - The Color of Lightning. Not academic, of course, but a good book to add to non-fiction reading.
These look interesting.
Someone posted a link to this amazing story the St. Petersburg Times did on Scientology. It's really engrossing.
Someone tweeted that and I read it last night. Fascinating. You hear so much about what they believe, but so little (until now) about how the church actually operates. I was wandering around Dupont Circle yesterday and found the Church of Scientology (a half-block down from the Real World: DC house, coincidentally) where they seemed to be having some sort of open house or fair. Thought for five seconds about going in and checking it out, but decided it wouldn't be worth it in the long run.
Probably not. It's a three-part series so I think part 3 is tomorrow (and I got it from Sullivan's blog).
When you consider that Clearwater Florida is dominated by the Church of Scientology, you REALLY have to respect the SPiT's gangsta!!
For audio material there's a discussion between three historians, Blight, Glenda Gilmore, and Jonathon Holloway about the Obama election that was posted in the Yale History podcasts section on itunes back in November that I found quite moving back in those days when we all were still dazed and overwhelmed by what had happened. I believe there's also a podcast just with Blight reading from his A Slave No More book-- more incredible writing from freedmen there.
oops, meant to reply to TNC's query above but instead started a new thread. anyways...