Kathleen Burk
Professor Emerita of Modern and Contemporary History at University College London
11 episodes
Appears in multiple episodes with: Frank Cogliano, Nicholas Guyatt, Frank Cogliano
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: Frank Cogliano, Nicholas Guyatt
The Congress of Vienna
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the peace plan for Europe after the Napoleonic Wars, with the redrawing of borders and balancing of the great powers so that none would be dominant.
19 October 2017
Also featuring: Tim Blanning, John Bew
Thomas Paine's Common Sense
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense, which was published in 1776 and bolstered support for American independence.
21 January 2016
Also featuring: Nicholas Guyatt, Peter Thompson
History19th-century American writersEnglish libertarians19th-century American philosophersBritish deistsDeputies to the French National Convention18th-century philosophersAmerican male non-fiction writersClassical liberalismTheorists on Western civilizationAmerican deists19th-century male writersRadicalsSocial philosophers18th-century English writersAmerican political philosophers18th-century English peoplePolitical activists from PennsylvaniaNaturalized citizens of France18th-century American male writers, American foreign policy writersAmerican philosophers of cultureUniversal basic income writersHall of Fame for Great Americans inducteesAmerican philosophers of religionCritics of Judaism19th-century English writersDeist philosophersAmerican nationalists, American religious skepticsMembers of the American Philosophical SocietyEnlightenment philosophersEnglish inventorsWriters about activism and social changePhilosophers of historyEnglish republicans18th-century American writers, Founding Fathers of the United States, People of the American EnlightenmentAnti-monarchists18th-century English male writersAmerican philosophers of educationThe 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: Jacqueline Fear-Segal, Frank Cogliano
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: Lawrence Goldman, Frank Cogliano
Custer's Last Stand
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Battle of the Little Bighorn, also known as Custer's Last Stand, the bloody 1876 battle between Native Americans and the US Cavalry.
19 May 2011
Also featuring: Adam Smith, Saul David
Thomas Edison
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the work of Thomas Edison, one of the great inventors and cultural figures of modern America.
9 December 2010
Also featuring: Simon Schaffer, Iwan Morus
Science20th-century American inventors, Members of the United States National Academy of SciencesAmerican people of English descentMembers of the American Philosophical SocietyPeople associated with electricityCongressional Gold Medal recipientsHall of Fame for Great Americans inducteesAmerican electrical engineers, People from ManhattanHonorary members of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Recipients of the Matteucci MedalMembers of the Royal Swedish Academy of SciencesAmerican people of Dutch descentRecipients of Franklin Medal19th-century American businesspeopleAmerican deistsThoreau and the American Idyll
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the American 19th century writer and philosopher, Henry David Thoreau
15 January 2009
Also featuring: Tim Morris, Stephen Fender
Philosophy19th-century American philosophersAmerican male essayists, American male poetsAmerican philosophers of mind, American philosophers of scienceAmerican spiritual writers19th-century American essayistsAmerican male non-fiction writersUnderground Railroad peopleCritics of work and the work ethicAmerican political philosophersAmerican lecturersAmerican philosophers of cultureHall of Fame for Great Americans inducteesAnti-consumeristsPhilosophers of lovePhilosophers from Massachusetts19th-century deaths from tuberculosis19th-century American poetsPantheists19th-century American non-fiction writersAnarchist writersPhilosophers of historySimple living advocatesThe Statue of Liberty
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Statue of Liberty, given by France to America as a token of revolutionary kinship.
14 February 2008
Also featuring: Robert Gildea, John Keane
The Pilgrim Fathers
Melvyn Bragg discusses the Pilgrim Fathers and why their 1620 voyage on the Mayflower has become iconic in the American imagination.
5 July 2007
Also featuring: Harry Bennett, Tim Lockley