This is. Well, good afternoon, everybody. Im glad to see that were all alive. Well, you all have survived. Now, seven weeks of american history, death, dying in us history. Weve reached week seven. Im Stephen Berry your host for all things morbid today. Not any grimmer than any other day in this class. Were to be talking about the history of investigation, the evolution of, the system of Death Investigation, United States, which really matures and comes of age and about the dawn of the 20th century. So it is a 19th century story of how Death Investigation becomes forensic and ultimately becomes the csi series. Now, we all have a pretty lurid, i think, of Death Investigation thats by local news, right . This graphic is everywhere. I found a million of these. All right. Tape and chalk outnd sopolice we have a very lurid sense of death ination from the if it bleeds, it leads school of journalism in the United States. But im going to take the evolution of this system very seriously and tal
History, death, dying in us history. Weve reached week seven. Im Stephen Berry your host for all things morbid today. Not any grimmer than any other day in this class. Were to be talking about the history of investigation, the evolution of, the system of Death Investigation, United States, which really matures and comes of age and about the dawn of the 20th century. So it is a 19th century story of how Death Investigation becomes forensic and ultimately becomes the csi series. Now, we all have a pretty lurid, i think, of Death Investigation thats by local news, right . This graphic is everywhere. I found a million of these. All right. Its always same with a police tape and chalk outlines and so we have a very lurid sense of Death Investigation from the if it bleeds, it leads school of journalism in the United States. But im going to take the evolution of this system very seriously and talk about how its developed over time, starting with its historical importance. Now, the most obvious
I am pete carmichael, the member of the History Department here at Gettysburg College and the director of the civil war institute. Our final speaker for this afternoon is lorien foote. Lorien foote is a professor of history at texas a m university. The aggies. Where she teaches courses on Civil War History and reconstruction, 19thcentury america, and reform movements. Lorien got her start at the university of kansas where you did your undergrad and then went on to get her phd at the university of oklahoma. Her second book published in 2010, the gentleman and the roughs manhood, honor, and violence in the union army is one of my favorites on the soldier experience. Lorien did fantastic research. She dug into the National Archives and looked at courtmartial records which had really been underutilized until lorien got a hold of them. Again superb book. , and david brooks, a columnist for the New York Times you got a lot of praise from david brooks in his editorial. It is well worth readin
I am pete carmichael, the member of the History Department here at Gettysburg College and the director of the civil war institute. Our final speaker for this afternoon is lorien foote. Lorien foote is a professor of history at texas a m university. The aggies. Where she teaches courses on Civil War History and reconstruction, 19thcentury america, and reform movements. Lorien got her start at the university of kansas where you did your undergrad and then went on to get her phd at the university of oklahoma. Her second book published in 2010, the gentleman and the roughs manhood, honor, and violence in the union army is one of my favorites on the soldier experience. Lorien did fantastic research. She dug into the National Archives and looked at courtmartial records which had really been underutilized until lorien got a hold of them. Again superb book. , and david brooks, a columnist for the New York Times you got a lot of praise from david brooks in his editorial. It is well worth readin
I am pete carmichael, the member of the History Department here at Gettysburg College and the director of the civil war institute. Our final speaker for this afternoon is lorien foote. Lorien foote is a professor of history at texas a m university. The aggies. Where she teaches courses on Civil War History and reconstruction, 19thcentury america, and reform movements. Lorien got her start at the university of kansas where you did your undergrad and then went on to get her phd at the university of oklahoma. Her second book published in 2010, the gentleman and the roughs manhood, honor, and violence in the union army is one of my favorites on the soldier experience. Lorien did fantastic research. She dug into the National Archives and looked at courtmartial records which had really been underutilized until lorien got a hold of them. Again superb book. , and david brooks, a columnist for the New York Times you got a lot of praise from david brooks in his editorial. It is well worth readin