A History of America
2000 1 Season EN
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In this 26-part series, prominent historians present America’s story as something that must be presented and debated from a variety of perspectives in order to be truly understood. Their thought-provoking debates and lectures — using …
🎬 Created by: Michael Mushlitz
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Ep 1 2000-01-01
New World Encounters
American history moves from west to east, beginning with Ice Age migrations, through the corn …
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Ep 2 2000-01-08
English Settlement
As the American character begins to take shape in the early seventeenth century, English settlements …
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Ep 3 2000-01-15
Growth and Empire
Benjamin Franklin and Franklin's Philadelphia take center stage in this program. As the merchant class …
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Ep 4 2000-01-22
The Coming of Independence
Professor Maier tells the story of how the English-loving colonist transforms into the freedom-loving American …
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Ep 5 2000-01-29
A New System of Government
After the War for Independence, the struggle for a new system of government begins. Maier …
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Ep 6 2000-02-05
Westward Expansion
At the dawn of the 19th century, the size of the United States doubles with …
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Ep 7 2000-02-12
The Rise of Capitalism
Individual enterprise merges with technological innovation to launch the Commercial Revolution – the seedbed of …
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Ep 8 2000-02-19
The Reform Impulse
The Industrial Revolution has its dark side, and the tumultuous events of the period touch …
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Ep 9 2000-02-26
Slavery
While the North develops an industrial economy and culture, the South develops a slave culture …
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Ep 10 2000-03-04
The Coming of the Civil War
Simmering regional differences ignite an all-out crisis in the 1850s. Professor Martin teams with Professor …
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Ep 11 2000-03-11
The Civil War
As the Civil War rages, all eyes turn to Vicksburg, where limited war becomes total …
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Ep 12 2000-03-18
Reconstruction
Professor Miller begins the program by evoking in word and picture the battlefield after the …
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Ep 13 2000-03-25
America at its Centennial
As America celebrates its centennial, five million citizens descend on Philadelphia to celebrate America's technological …
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Ep 14 2000-04-01
Industrial Supremacy
Steel and stockyards are the mighty engine of industrialism thunders forward at the end of …
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Ep 15 2000-04-08
The New City
Miller explores the tension between the messy vitality of cities that grow on their own …
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Ep 16 2000-04-15
The West
Professor Scharff continues the story of Jefferson's Empire of Liberty. Railroads and ranchers, rabble-rousers and …
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Ep 17 2000-04-22
Capital and Labor
The making of money pits laborers against the forces of capital as the twentieth century …
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Ep 18 2000-04-29
TR and Wilson
Professor Brinkley compares the presidencies of Roosevelt and Wilson – the Warrior and the Minister …
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Ep 19 2000-05-06
A Vital Progressivism
Professor Martin offers a fresh perspective on Progressivism, arguing that its spirit can be best …
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Ep 20 2000-05-13
The Twenties
The Roaring Twenties take to the road in Henry Ford's landscape-altering invention -- the Model …
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Ep 21 2000-05-20
FDR and the Depression
Brinkley continues his story of 20th century presidents with a profile of Roosevelt. Brinkley paints …
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Ep 22 2000-05-27
World War II
America is enveloped in total war, from mobilization on the home front to a scorching …
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Ep 23 2000-06-03
The Fifties
World War II is fought to its bitter end in the Pacific and the world …
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Ep 24 2000-06-10
The Sixties
Scharff weaves the story of the Civil Rights movement with stories of the Vietnam War …
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Ep 25 2000-06-17
Contemporary History
The entire team of historians joins Miller in examining the last quarter of the 20th …
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Ep 26 2000-06-24
The Redemptive Imagination
Storytelling is a relentless human urge and its power forges with memory to become the …
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First Air Date
2000-01-01
Last Air Date
2000-06-24
Status
Ended
Language
EN
Seasons
1
Total Episodes
26
Episode Runtime
26 min
Network
PBS
Studio
GBH, PBS, Annenberg Media, Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration
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