Book TV Author Interviews

September 3, 2009

15 Programs

Aaron Sheehan-Dean talked about his book Why Confederates Fought: Family and Nation in Civil War Virginia (The University of North Carolina Press; November 26, 2007).

He was .. Read More
927 views
5 minutes

Tags: Book TV, Civil War
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Length: 00:05:23

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Stephen Beckham talked about the book he edited Oregon Indians: Voices from Two Centuries (Oregon State University Press; May 2006). It is a collection of original documents with essays .. Read More
326 views
6 minutes

Tags: Book TV, Native Americans
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Length: 00:06:06

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Paul Cuadros talked about his book A Home on the Field: How One Championship Team Inspires Hope for the Revival of Small Town America (Rayo; September 5, 2006). In his book he recounts the .. Read More
424 views
5 minutes

Tags: Book TV, Immigration
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Length: 00:05:57

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Robert Miller talked about his book Native America, Discovered and Conquered: Thomas Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, and Manifest Destiny (Bison Books; July 1, 2008). In the book Professor Miller .. Read More
1,274 view
6 minutes

Tags: Book TV, Early American History (1600-1850), Native Americans
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Length: 00:06:57

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Matthew Corrigan talked about his book American Royalty: The Bush and Clinton Families and the Danger to the American Presidency (Palgrave Macmillan; May 27, 2008). In his book he book .. Read More
689 views
6 minutes

Tags: Book TV, Campaigns & Elections
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Length: 00:06:38

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  • Corrigan, Matthew

    Chair University of North Florida->Department of Political Science and Public Administration
Former Senator Fritz Hollings talked about his book Making Government Work (University of South Carolina Press; July 10, 2009). He talked about the problem of campaign finance reform and .. Read More
148 views
6 minutes

Tags: Festival, Campaign Finance, Legislative Branch
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Length: 00:06:59

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Woden Teachout talked about her book Capture the Flag: A Political History of American Patriotism (Basic Books; May 25, 2009). In her book she teraces how the meanings of patriotic symbols .. Read More
692 views
7 minutes

Tags: Book TV, Culture
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Length: 00:07:26

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  • Teachout, Woden

    Professor Union Institute and University ->Graduate Studies
Eugene Zeigler talked about his book When Conscience and Power Meet: A Memoir (University of South Carolina Press; September 15, 2008). He recounts some of the challenges of his career of .. Read More
194 views
5 minutes

Tags: Festival, South Carolina
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Length: 00:05:19

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Aaron Sheehan-Dean talked about his book Concise Historical Atlas of the U.S. Civil War (Oxford University Press, USA; December 2, 2008). The book contains maps of military campaigns and .. Read More
598 views
4 minutes

Tags: Book TV, Civil War
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Length: 00:04:26

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Daniel Shapiro talked about his book Is the Welfare State Justified? (Cambridge University Press; July 9, 2007). In the book he examines the values and principles of the people who support .. Read More
1,700 view
7 minutes

Tags: Book TV, Health Care Financing, Welfare Reform
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Length: 00:07:50

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  • Shapiro, Daniel

    Associate Professor West Virginia University->Philosophy Department
Gerald Pops talked about his book Ethical Leadership in Turbulent Times: Modeling the Public Career of George C. Marshall (Lexington Books; June 28, 2009).

He was interviewed on .. Read More
391 views
7 minutes

Tags: Book TV
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Length: 00:07:37

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  • Pops, Gerald

    Professor West Virginia University->Division of Public Administration
Thomas Lewis talked about his book Brace for Impact: Surviving the Crash of the Industrial Age by Sustainable Living (Outskirts Press; October 9, 2009). In his book he analyzes the gathering .. Read More
1,127 view
7 minutes

Tags: Book TV, Energy Policy, Water Supply
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Length: 00:07:30

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  • Lewis, Thomas

    Adjunct Lecturer Frostburg State University->Department of Mass Communication
Robert Moore talked about his book They Always Said I Would Marry a White Girl: Coming to Grips with Race in America (Hamilton Books; March 29, 2007).

He was interviewed by the .. Read More
949 views
5 minutes

Tags: Book TV, African Americans
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Length: 00:05:47

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  • Moore, Robert

    Professor Frostburg State University->Sociology Department
John Temple talked about his book The Last Lawyer: The Fight to Save Death Row Inmates (University Press of Mississippi; September 24, 2009). In the book he chronicles Ken Rose's decade-long .. Read More
382 views
6 minutes

Tags: Book TV, Death Penalty
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Length: 00:06:32

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  • Temple, John

    Associate Dean West Virginia University->Reed (Perley Isaac) School of Journalism
Michael Cecere talked about his book Great Things Are Expected from the Virginians: Virginia in the American Revolution (Heritage Books; May 1, 2009).

He was interviewed by the .. Read More
653 views
7 minutes

Tags: Book TV, Early American History (1600-1850), Virginia
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Length: 00:07:10

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