world. thank you. [applause] >> on history bookshelf, hear from the best-known american history writers of the past decade every saturday at 4:00 p.m. eastern. you can watch any of our programs at any time when you visit our website, c-span.org/history. you are watching american history tv all we, every weekend on c-span3. tonight, a university professor teaches a class about victorian era culture in the united states in the last half of the 19th century. here is a preview. >> what was it like in everyday life for a society of people who had very little restrictive ideas about sexuality? well, if a young couple was

dating, they would not use that arase, according -- courting, man and a woman were expected to be chaperoned at all times. if you are seen a young woman or man he would not be left alone. that would be very inappropriate. that would lead to all kinds of rumors and if somebody fell down on the job -- no. chaperoned at all times. if a man wanted to write letters, there was no email or text, no telephones for most of this time as well, so if a man wanted to write letters to a woman, the only way to communicate with her outside of chaperones, it is the only way to community privately with her. you cannot communicate privately in prison because you are chaperoned. if you wanted to write her letters you are expected to ask for permission first, to write letters, that is a little too

forward. now you are crossing lines. behave yourself. if a man kissed a woman, this was akin to asking her hand in marriage. if you kissed her, you might as well say, i am ready to commit. these are the standards of sexual conduct that this society is advancing. >> you can watch the entire program at 8:00 p.m. and midnight tonight on lectures in history. american history tv, only on c-span3. c-spank out our classroom website at c-span.org/classroom, full of resources. the improved layout gives teachers easy access to ready to go resources for the classroom, including current events videos that highlight important events in washington dc, constitutional clips that bring the constitution to life, and on

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annexation of the island in 1898. the university of mary washington in fredericksburg, virginia held this illustrated talk as part of the crawly great lives lecture series. >> so thank you dr. crawley for that too kind introduction. i am delighted to be back here. i threatened when i was here a year ago that i might not go home. [laughter] james: i know when you do this kind of lecture, it is customary to warm the audience up with a few funny stories. if i had known 14 months ago i was coming back, i would not have told you all of my funny stories. [laughter] best: so it is probably that we move forward with our talk about liliuokalani. now i am anglo. actually i am partly cherokee i amive, but