Alan Taylor on Revolutionary Ironies and the Continental Civil War | Conversations with Tyler

[@carlisle3469]

As in all his appearances online, Prof. Taylor is just wonderful. I initially used his American Colonies to add to my lectures, based mostly on the assigned Henretta/now Edwards survey book which is very clear and coherent, just to add extras, but also to point out some the historiography and controversies in my survey courses. From there, I am now reading and using his later books--and hoping at some time in the future to delve into his earlier books.

[@PMKehoe]

Interesting to listen to a brief outine of Canadian history…

[@DonaldWolfe]

I would suggest that in the section on Britain and the U.S. Civil War that Profs. Cowen and Taylor underplayed the importance of cotton (American) to the British industrial mercantile base. That Europe. the U.S. and other parts of the world were switching quickly from wool clothes to cotton based which made life tremendously easier to all levels of society. Otherwise an interesting overview of the Americas.

[@bizopca]

Has the American Republic survived? Your Supreme Court just gave the Republic back the concept of a Sovereign for "Official Acts".