A History Of The United States
- Autor: Vários
- Narrador: Vários
- Editor: Podcast
- Duración: 49:25:03
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Sinopsis
A History of the United States. A podcast charting the history of the United States of America from the foundation of Jamestown to the end of the cold war, covering political, military, economic, social and cultural history.
Episodios
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Membership Episode 1 - Aztec 101
04/05/2016 Duración: 18minWe have an overview of Mesoamerican history prior to the Aztecs. We also have an exploration of how information is preserved and delve into cyclical time.
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6th Anniversary Special - Oliver Cromwell
02/05/2016 Duración: 08minToday marks the 6th anniversary of May 2nd 2010, the day I released my first ever podcast! So, to celebrate, here is a short bonus episode about Oliver Cromwell. It's a strange one, but I hope you enjoy. But wait! That's not all! To celebrate six years I'm going to be releasing 6 episodes from the premium feed onto to main feed! Come back each day for an extra slice of Aztec!
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Episode 44 - The Anglo-Dutch Wars Part 2 - Attack of the Spices
25/04/2016 Duración: 17minThis week we turn to Indonesia to examine how and why New York was traded for a spice island.
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Episode 43 - The Anglo-Dutch Wars Part 1 - The Mercantile Menace
18/04/2016 Duración: 16minThis week we cover the growing tension between the English and Dutch, leading the English to take New Netherland and rename it New York.
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Episode 42 - The Godfather
11/04/2016 Duración: 19minThis week we cover the directorship of Peter Stuyvesant, the Godfather of New Netherland.
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Episode 41 - The Last Days of New Netherland
04/04/2016 Duración: 15minThis week we really begin to get into the problems afflicting New Netherland, and the disastrous directorship of Kieft.
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Episode 40 - Dutch Conquests
28/03/2016 Duración: 15minThis week we cover the fall of New Sweden as the Swedes provoked the Dutch, leading to an invasion. We then double back to begin going through the history of New Netherland in more detail.
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Episode 39 - Swedes on the Delaware
22/03/2016 Duración: 17minThis week we cover the history of New Sweden.
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Episode 38 - The New Sweden Company
14/03/2016 Duración: 19minThis week we cover some of the history of New Netherland, but it is quite impossible to talk about New Netherland without talking about New Sweden. Therefore, what we do today is go back to Europe so we can figure out why the Swedes thought founding an empire on the Delaware was a good idea.
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Episode 37 - New Netherland
07/03/2016 Duración: 17minThis week we cover the exploration of the Hudson River, the founding of New Netherland, Fort Orange (Albany) and New Amsterdam (New York City).
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Episode 36 - The Dutch
28/02/2016 Duración: 19minThis week we begin Chapter 3 of A History of the United States by getting very off topic. We don't talk about America at all, and instead focus on the Dutch in preparation for setting up New Netherland and Delaware.
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Episode 35 - Straight Outta Connecticut
22/02/2016 Duración: 19minThis week we found Connecticut. We also turn Providence Plantation into the Colony of Rhode Island, and look at badass theologian Anne Hutchinson who was kicked out of Massachusetts for speaking her mind.
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Episode 34 - The Founding of Rhode Island
15/02/2016 Duración: 18minThis week we look at the early social and economic history of Massachusetts.
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Episode 33 - The Massachusetts Life
08/02/2016 Duración: 14minThis week we look at the early social and economic history of Massachusetts.
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Episode 32 - The Fusion of Church and State
01/02/2016 Duración: 19minThis week we look at the first few years of Massachusetts colony, which greatly contrasts to Plymouth. It is very oligarchic, had has something of a fusion of church and state.
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Episode 31 - The Massachusetts Bay Colony
29/01/2016 Duración: 17minThis week we found the colony of Massachusetts, in addition to the provinces of Maine and New Hampshire. It's a busy episode!
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Episode 30 - Mount Merry
26/01/2016 Duración: 15minThis week the Pilgrims deal with Dutch traders, Allerton has business in London, and Standish goes off to save New England from a bunch of drunks.
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Episode 29 - The Many Adventures of Standish the Pilgrim
23/01/2016 Duración: 17minThis week we watch the Pilgrims try to free themselves from the control of London as we move the narrative into 1627. We also include a brief history of plague.
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Episode 28 - Letters from a Small Island Part 2
20/01/2016 Duración: 18minThis week we carry on looking at the arrival of the Charity, exploring the conspiracy of Oldham and Lyford.
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Episode 27 - Letters from a Small Island Part 1
14/01/2016 Duración: 14minThis week Gorges arrives in New England to refound Wessagusset, this time as Weymouth. We also cover developments back in London with the merchants and the rise to power of James Sherley. We also answer a listener question about Jamestown.