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If we use them as a kind of historical lands and focus on the period from the 1960s to the present, the last half a century or so, that can tell us a lot about how we as a country move from a relatively liberal political heir to a much more conservative political air. Whether that is changing, were in a shadow of the 2012 election, we dont know yet. I think its still too early to tell. But certainly the last generation or two of american politics has been dominated by a more conservative orientation of the whole political culture. And i think using the family, something that we are all familia...

One of the more careful mayors colorful mayors you will find in the country. He was part huey long, part tony soprano. The good and the bad. He reflected providence as one of americas oldest cities. To me really embodies the american political story. Welcome to providence on booktv. With help of art Cox Communications partners, we will export a rich literary culture of this capital city as we travel to these local authors and to learn about the history of this town and the state of rhode island. We begin our program with a visit to providence literally landmark. To climb up those steps and mak...

Apprenticed and learned the printing trade. So this is one of three books that survived and the only copy, i believe, that exists of john hammetts relation. As we move forward, we go into some of the more cultural aspects of Rhode Islands history in the 18th century, and something that i find utterly delightful. One of the other sights we have is the john brown house museum. And we know that john browns daughter was married in 1788, and we have diary accounts of the country dances that she did. What we have here in our printed collection that shows the deep connections between the artifacts an...

The family of a Southampton veteran were forced to carry him down two flights of stairs on his 102nd birthday after the lift at Linden Court…

The family of a centenarian have spoken of their anger after the lift in his retirement block broke, leaving him stranded for Christmas and the new year.