18th Century

Eternally Green: Natural Burial and New Cemetery Landscapes
Mark Harris
February 13, 2010
01:05:00
Environmental journalist Mark Harris presents a history of the changes in American burial practices, from natural burials in the 17th and early 18th century, to the beginning of the funeral industry during the Civil War, to today's modern funeral with embalming (and its toxic chemicals), metal caske
Robert Darnton: The Case for Books
Robert Darnton
February 3, 2010
00:57:50
Robert Darnton, director of the Harvard University Library, discusses the historical and cultural importance of the printed word.
Stimulating Beverages: Tea, Coffee, and Chocolate in Early America
Amanda Lange
January 7, 2010
00:42:39
Amanda Lange, curator at Historic Deerfield, explains how tea, coffee, and chocolate--originally prescribed as cures for ailments ranging from headaches and depressions--became counted among the necessities of daily life.
Teapot in a Tempest: The Boston Tea Party of 1773 (Part 2)
Benjamin Carp
December 10, 2009
00:52:37
The Boston Tea Party lives on in history and memory in a variety of ways. The term "Boston Tea Party" doesn't appear for 50 years after the event. No one spoke openly about who had boarded the tea ships until the 1820s and 1830s.
Teapot in a Tempest: The Boston Tea Party of 1773 (Part 1)
Benjamin Carp
December 3, 2009
00:47:32
The Boston Tea Party was about more than taxes, and it was part of a movement that was larger than Boston.
Taste for American Art: Heroes, Villains, and the Art Market Today
Theodore E. Stebbins Jr.
November 19, 2009
01:01:00
Harvard art professor Theodore E. Stebbins Jr. discusses the interests and the influence of such pioneering art collectors as William T. Evans, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, and Maxim Karolik.
Empire of Liberty: History of the Early Republic
Gordon S. Wood
November 19, 2009
00:53:05
Prize-winning historian Gordon S. Wood discusses the United States' early days under the Constitution and his new book Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815.
Boston's Spectacle Island and its Native American Past
Ellen Berkland
November 5, 2009
00:37:40
Boston City archeologist Ellen Berkland shows how archeologists have pieced together a rich story of the daily lives of some of the first communities in Boston, on Spectacle Island. The Boston Harbor Islands have been inhabited for thousands of years. From A.D.