Jacqueline Fear-Segal
Professor of American and Indigenous Histories at the University of East Anglia
3 episodes
Covers topics in categories such as:
Wars involving the United StatesUnited States Marine Corps in the 18th and 19th centuriesHistory of United States expansionismConflicts in 1848Wars fought in Arizona, Wars fought in Texas1848 in California, Pre-statehood history of CaliforniaHistory of the foreign relations of the United StatesHistory
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
HistoryUnited States Marine Corps in the 18th and 19th centuriesConflicts in 1848History of United States expansionismWars fought in Arizona, Wars fought in Texas1848 in California, Pre-statehood history of CaliforniaWars involving the United StatesHistory of the foreign relations of the United StatesThe 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