The History of Illiberalism in America

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🗓️ 16 August 2024

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Steven Hahn, author of Illiberal America: A History, and Manisha Sinha, author of The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860–1920, join Thomas Donnelly to explore the history of illiberalism in America and to assess illiberal threats facing our democracy today. Resources: Steven Hahn, Illiberal America: A History (2024) Manisha Sinha, The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860-1920 (2024) Abraham Lincoln, “ "Speech to the Young Men’s Lyceum of Springfield” (1838), Founders’ Library 13th Amendment, Interactive Constitution Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, Founders’ Library Steven Hahn, The Roots of Southern Populism: Yeoman Farmers and the Transformation of the Georgia Upcountry, 1850-1890 (1985) Marcia Coyle, “The U.S. Supreme Court Cases Built on a ‘Rotten Foundation’,” Constitution Daily (May 2022) Stay Connected and Learn More: Questions or comments about the show? Email us at [email protected].  Continue today’s conversation on Facebook and Twitter using @ConstitutionCtr.  Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, at bit.ly/constitutionweekly.  You can find transcripts for each episode on the podcast pages in our Media Library. Donate

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0:00.0	Hello friends. I'm Jeffrey Rosen president and CEO of the National
0:06.1	Constitution Center and welcome to We The People weekly show of
0:09.6	constitutional debate. The National Constitution Center is a nonpartisan nonprofit chartered by Congress to increase awareness and understanding of the Constitution among the American people.
0:20.0	In this episode of We The People, I am excited to share a conversation about
0:24.3	illiberalism in American history with two great historians, Stephen Han,
0:28.8	author of Illiberal America, a history, and Manisha Sinha, author of the rise and fall of the Second American
0:35.4	Republic Reconstruction 1860. It's moderated by the NCC's Chief
0:41.1	Content Officer Tom Donnelly.
0:43.7	Enjoy the conversation.
0:45.8	Hello everyone and welcome to the National Constitution
0:48.2	Center and to today's convening of America's town hall.
0:52.0	My name is Tom Donnellyelly and I am the Chief Content
0:54.1	Officers at the National Constitution Center and I'm so delighted to have you
0:57.6	here for what should really be an illuminating conversation about the history of
1:02.3	illiberalism in America. But before we get to the
1:05.5	conversation itself, first want to introduce our magnificent panelists here. First we have
1:11.1	Stephen Han, who is a professor of history at NYU and a Pulitzer Prize-winning
1:15.8	historian who studies American political and social movements. His acclaimed works include
1:21.1	a nation under our feet and a nation without borders.
1:24.4	His most recent book which we'll be discussing today is Illiberal America a history.
1:30.2	And then Manisha Sinha is the Draper chair in American history at the University of Connecticut and the 2024 President-elect of the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic.
1:41.5	She's a leading authority on the history of slavery
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