A talk about current America in historic context by one of the greats of the history profession, Forrest McDonald.
When: Wednesday April 19, 12:00-1:30 PM
Where: Indiana Convention Center.
A distinguished history professor at the University of Alabama since 1976, Dr. McDonald is one of the nation’s most prolific authors on historical themes and one of the most honored. A Pulitzer finalist in 1986, he is widely acclaimed for biographical studies of late 18th and early 19th century figures, especially Washington, Jefferson and Hamilton. He also is co-author of three collegiate textbooks on American history. You can check out his books here. My personal favorite is Novus Ordo Seclorum: The Intellectual Origins of the Constitution. MacDonald is a traditionally-minded historian who has been lionized by conservatives for refuting Charles Beard's "Economic Interpretation of the Constitution." I had assumed that Beard had been done in by his simplistic reductionism long before McDonald whacked away at ever so great length in We the People. For a flavor of McDonald's criticism of contemporary academia and kids these days, see his farewell lecture. Expect more of the same at this Economic Club luncheon.
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