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A Short History of Boston
May 5, 2005
Robert J. Allison professor, history, Suffolk University

Robert J. Allison, professor of history at Suffolk University, brings to life the major events and important figures who formed the "City on a Hill".

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Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Town Hall: Part I
Malik Neal
00:50:40
CSI:NY's Hill Harper and filmmaker Gary Ross join local students and a panel of esteemed local experts for a timely Town Hall Meeting entitled, "Lincoln, Douglass and the Transformative Power of Words." The event seeks to underscore the importance of education in the lives of Abraham Lincol
Foreign Policy Challenges Facing the Nation: Part I
R. Nicholas Burns
00:51:05
Ambassador R.
Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action for the 21st Century
James Orbinski
00:59:29
Physician and humanitarian James Orbinski discusses his new book, An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action for the Twenty-First Century.
The Obama Year
Michael Porter
00:43:20
Harvard economist and business guru Michael E. Porter, pundit and advisor to presidents past David Gergen, Harvard Law professor Lani Guinier, and Atlantic Monthly senior editor Jack Beatty mix it up with a frank assessment of the President Obama's progress on his new agenda.
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Town Hall: Part II
Hill Harper
01:31:12
CSI:NY's Hill Harper and filmmaker Gary Ross join local students and a panel of esteemed local experts for a timely Town Hall Meeting entitled, "Lincoln, Douglass and the Transformative Power of Words." The event seeks to underscore the importance of education in the lives of Abraham Lincol
Thomas Ricks: General Petraeus and the American Military in Iraq
Thomas E. Ricks
00:45:21
Washington Post correspondent Thomas E. Ricks discusses his newly in paperback exploration of the Iraq war, The Gamble: General Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq.
Image of The Crescent Obscured: The United States and the Muslim World, 1776-1815
Author: Robert Allison
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press (2000)
Binding: Paperback, 284 pages
Image of Conflicts in American History: A Documentary Encyclopedia
Author: Robert J. Allison Anthony J. Connors, Anthony J Connors
Publisher: Facts on File (2010)
Binding: Hardcover, 3200 pages
Image of The Boston Tea Party (NE Remembers)
Author: Robert Allison
Publisher: Commonwealth Editions (2007)
Binding: Paperback, 88 pages
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