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This edition: Looking Backward, Looking Forward





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Using the U.S. Centennial as an occasion for reflection, we assess the state of the nation in 1876 and discuss the themes that we have tracked throughout this course: freedom and equality, race and identity, gender and ethnicity. Finally, our distinguished experts share with us what they believe we should learn from our study of American history.

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  • About this series

  • Shaping America : U.S. History to 1877 reveals to a present day audience another time in history, where native cultures, newly arriving cultures, ideas and habits formed a new nation that would one day be the most recognized in the world. Through their eyes, we explore these primitive beginnings, wonder at the accomplishments of early settlers despite incredible hardships, examine political leadership and economic growth, and after the sorrow of a bitter Civil War, we share in the hope for "shaping" a new America.

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  • Friday 12:30pm

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