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    Pilgrims and History Textbooks

    Pilgrims and History Textbooks

    FromLectures in History

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    Pilgrims and History Textbooks

    FromLectures in History

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    Length:
    73 minutes
    Released:
    Nov 28, 2021
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    Abram Van Engen of Washington University in St. Louis taught a class about how the Pilgrims became part of the United States' founding story in 19th-century history textbooks. He described why early historians and educators emphasized the Pilgrims' Plymouth Colony over earlier settlements, such as Jamestown in Virginia.
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    Released:
    Nov 28, 2021
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Titles in the series (100)

    Go back to school with the country's top professors lecturing on a variety of topics in American history. New episodes posted every Saturday evening. From C-SPAN, the network that brings you "After Words" and "C-SPAN's The Weekly" podcasts.