England’s textile industry depended on cotton, but the English people abhorred slavery. Lewis Lapham talks with historian Amanda Foreman about Britain’s complicated and crucial role in the American Civil War.
England’s textile industry depended on cotton, but the English people abhorred slavery. Lewis Lapham talks with historian Amanda Foreman about Britain’s complicated and crucial role in the American Civil War.
Lewis H. Lapham speaks with the author of The Cause: The American Revolution and Its Discontents, 1773–1783. More
Lewis Lapham talks with historian John Julius Norwich about one of the most successful institutions the world has ever known. More
Lewis H. Lapham speaks with the author of Thomas Paine and the Clarion Call for American Independence. More
Lewis H. Lapham speaks with the author of Analogia: The Emergence of Technology Beyond Programmable Control. More
Lewis H. Lapham speaks with the author of Albert and the Whale: Albrecht Dürer and How Art Imagines Our World. More
Lewis H. Lapham talks with Stephen Greenblatt, author of The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve. More