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Originally Posted by Turn Prophet
This is what I'm doing, since I largely listen at the gym or while I'm driving, and neither of those are safe places to be looking at the pretty pictures.
It's definitely a good podcast, though. I've been looking for something on medieval history for a bit, so this will be fun.
Any good recommendations on Revolutionary/Early Republic of the US? I'm kinda on a kick of that on my reading list right now... might have something to do with the Early American History course I'm teaching in 3 weeks...
Oddly enough i found that in ''Short podcast episodes'' no one covers US history correctly. It seems always too short or superficial. For proper US content Itunes U offers much better choice. Still, i find that most ItunesU is always a bit tougher to listen to; afterall, the professor is talking to students in a class, and not for an iPod audience.
Early American History i would say
American Revolution from Yale University by Joanna Freeman : My top choice. Debunks a lot of the myths of american revolution and more importantly the building of the constitution. More of a ''top down history'', which i think is fine. She can be quite funny which is always a plus compared to a lot of the very serious american history audiobooks.
Conceived in Liberty Vol III & IV By Murray Rothbard : Audiobook written from a VERY libertarian and Economic point of view. It is fairly opiniated(don't look for neutrality here), but the economic data is worth it alone. Vol I and II focus more on the colony period, Vol III is road to revolution and Vol IV is the actual revolution. I would say skip the I and II and start with the III.
Colonial and revolutionnary America from Stanford by Jack Revoke : This falls more in what we would call ''social'' or ''class'' history. Although it covers the colonial period extensively(you might want to start in the middle if what you want is revolution and after). A bit too dry for my taste, nonetheless informative. The guy is a HUGE James Madison fan, which is refreshing compared to the usual attention on Washington,Adams and Jefferson.