Jacqueline Fear-Segal
Professor of American and Indigenous Histories at the University of East Anglia
3 episodes
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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: Frank Cogliano, 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, Frank Cogliano
Pocahontas
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life of Pocahontas, the 17th-century Native American woman who to English eyes became a symbol of the New World.
21 November 2013
Also featuring: Susan Castillo, Tim Lockley