Title

A history of the American people

Description

Paul Johnson's work is a reinterpretation of American history spanning from the first colonial settlements to the Clinton administration.

Identifier

814391

60168366

Creator

Johnson, Paul

Format

1st U.S. ed.

Source

Brian Lamb Booknotes Collection

Gift of Brian Lamb, 2011.

Catalog record

Language

eng

Date

1998

Program air date: April 5, 1998

Publisher

HarperCollins Publishers

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections & Archives

Text

Transcription of Annotations
Notes on front endpapers and half-title: P 872-LBJ's sexual habits. 1940 source notes, 85 pages. Concept of dueling. Well that was another thing he was wrong about wasn't it? P 526. Cotton-made Civil War inevitable p 307. Harding's administration (P 708) a strong and in many ways successful. Pat Brown-who turned out to be one of the worst Governors in California history p. 887. "One of the most remarkable group of men in history" p 127. WASH/Jeff/Adams/Ham/Frank/ Her Majesty's Custom Service p 133 (Rapacious). Jefferson--did not believe God existed--"God gave us life" p 146. "Raises a lot of difficulties for a historian" p. 241. What is a "city on a hill." (830) Two greatest statesmen of 20th Century IKE and Churchill. Grant-a political and administrative booby (548). Carnagie-more important than any other man from Linc. to T.R. (555). United States was first to introduce voting Democracy (594). What about Bigness? p 604. Karl Popper's "law of unintended effect." Vietnam (p. 881) America should have occupied the North. Media p 895/96--1970s-repository of honor. Nixon-mistaken to resign p 905. You call it a media putsch. Antinomian p 43. Indians--as they were p 384-lazy. (Cotton Mather) Parallels-Salem witch trials, Red Scare 1919, McCarthy's hunt for communists 1950s, Watergate hysteria, Irangate 1980s. "America's leading philosopher," Thomas Sewell p 963. First Great Awakening-sound death knell of British Colonialism. Second Great Awakening--religious passion. Calhoun--probably the ablest public man ever produced p 314. Live-father. Lamb checked and circled sections on the Contents pages. Notes/Underlinings: Notes: "Nothing about America," "Stewart Alsop," "in search of gold, greedy," "slavery in Africa," "Columbus," "John Winthrop," "1634 first coup," "May 17, 1637 important date," "severe and intolerant man," "Winthrop's political theory," "Roger Williams," "1631 came to Bay Colony," "rob the Indians," "absolute separation of church and state," "banish God from gov.," "Providence," "Rhode Island," "1st colony, freedom from religion," "Anne Hutchinson," "a witch," "Indians killed Anne and her children," "women's movement 1960s," "adultery, death," "1636 Harvard, Cambridge," "1638 David Yale/Elihu Yale," "Cotton Mather," "14 women, 5 men hanged," "Salem trials," "argued for witches," "parallels in history to Salem witch trial," "7 languages, 450 Books," "John Peter Zenger, acquitted." Extensive notes/underlinings continue with the Revolution, creation of the federal government, establishment of States, impact of religion, politics, important court cases, influence/conflicts with slavery, War of 1812, development of infrastructure, movement Westward, spread of religion, conflicts over slavery, elections, technological developments, expansion, war with Mexico, Gold Rush, industrialization, Morrill Act, changes in language, rise of American literature, Civil War, Homestead Act, mass immigration, period of Robber Barons, railroad, trusts, banking, Big Business, labor reform, WWI, women's vote, Race, Prohibition, Electricity, movies, Disney, music, language, Education, housing, Depression, WWII, Lend-Lease, A-Bomb, Marshall Plan, Korean War, McCarthyism, sexual revolution, Vietnam, Press, Watergate, Civil Rights, debt, SDI. With 12 note cards with printed with transcriptions of some of Lamb's notes.

Relation

Original Booknotes interview

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