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TPI Replay: The Fourth of July, With Jack Rakove


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Jack Rakove, the William Robertson Coe professor of history and American studies and professor emeritus of political science and law at Stanford University, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss why the United States declared independence in 1776 and its meaning for the country today. 

 

This episode first aired: July 4, 2023


Mentioned on the Podcast

 

Bernard Bailyn, The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution

 

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “Paul Revere’s Ride

 

Jack N. Rakove, Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution

 

Jack N. Rakove, Revolutionaries: A New History of the Invention of America

 

Jack N. Rakove, The Beginnings of National Politics: An Interpretive History of the Continental Congress

 

1619 Project, New York Times

 

For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/fourth-july-jack-rakove 

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