Has been marked by public and professional acclaim for his creative and innovative approaches to engaging audiences. He has developed and collaborated on exhibits, films and interpretive programs for numerous historical sites and organizations, including colonial williamsburg, the smithson in the canadian war museum, the National Park service, George Washingtons mount vernon, the heinz history center, and the museum of the other of the cherokee indian. From 2007 to 2018, scott led the development of the museum of the American Revolutions Award Winning exhibitions, multimedia experience as an educational programing, as well as overseeing the care and expansion of its rich collection of art and artifacts. He has served as president and ceo of the museum of the American Revolution since 2018. Tonight, you will hear from scott about the history and significance of general George Washingtons mobile field headquarters, a linen sleeping and office tent that sheltered our first commander in ch
Pennsylvania, scott scotts broad public history experience spans nearly three decades and has been marked by public and professional acclaim for his creative and innovative approaches to engaging audiences. He has developed and collaborated on exhibits, films and interpretive programs for numerous historical sites and organizations, including colonial williamsburg, the smithson in the canadian war museum, the National Park service, George Washingtons mount vernon, the heinz history center, and the museum of the other of the cherokee indian. From 2007 to 2018, scott led the development of the museum of the American Revolutions Award Winning exhibitions, multimedia experience as an educational programing, as well as overseeing the care and expansion of its rich collection of art and artifacts. He has served as president and ceo of the museum of the American Revolution since 2018. Tonight, you will hear from scott about the history and significance of general George Washingtons mobile fie
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Begins now. So welcome to our lecture today on the growth of cities in the early American Republic a period of American History that im fascinated by and im really excited to share with all of you today. And as weve already discussed in this class, we know that the early American Republic which were roughly defining as the period between the end of the American Revolution and the election of Andrew Jackson was a period of possibilities and of problems. It was a time in American History when many of the Big Questions about what the nation would look like who would hold power and what kind of spaces and values would define the country. Remained very much in question. And so last class we talked about americas transition to capitalism. And we talked about how this Economic Transformation was linked to changes in the labor market in Banking Systems in the rise of corporations, and we looked at how these transformations were particularly affecting for young women like mary paul the worker i