Frank Cogliano
Professor of American History at the University of Edinburgh and Interim Saunders Director of the International Centre for Jefferson Studies at Monticello
5 episodes
Appears in multiple episodes with: Kathleen Burk, Kathleen Burk
Covers topics in categories such as:
The Federalist Papers
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the essays written in 1787/8 by some of the authors of the US Constitution which offer insight into the interpretation of the Constitution.
12 October 2023
Also featuring: Kathleen Burk, Nicholas Guyatt
The Franco-American Alliance 1778
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss why France supported the USA in its revolutionary war against Britain and how that related to the French Revolution a few years later.
22 April 2021
Also featuring: Kathleen Burk, Michael Rapport
The Mexican-American War
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1846-48 American war against Mexico, in which America won over a million square kilometres of Mexican territory, including California.
28 June 2018
Also featuring: Jacqueline Fear-Segal, Thomas Rath
HistoryWars involving the United StatesUnited States Marine Corps in the 18th and 19th centuriesHistory of United States expansionismHistory of the foreign relations of the United StatesConflicts in 1848Pre-statehood history of California, 1848 in CaliforniaWars fought in Texas, Wars fought in ArizonaThe California Gold Rush
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the California Gold Rush of the 1850s, when a chance discovery of gold led to massive demographic changes to parts of America.
2 April 2015
Also featuring: Kathleen Burk, Jacqueline Fear-Segal
The War of 1812
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the War of 1812, the conflict between America and Great Britain which is sometimes referred to as the second American War of Independence.
31 January 2013
Also featuring: Kathleen Burk, Lawrence Goldman