[applause] >> beryl satter is the author of each mind of kingdom, american women, sexual purity and the new thought movement 1875 to 1910. she's the chair of the history department the rutgers university newark. for more information about the author visit history.njit.edu. ♪ >> this summer book tv is asking, what are you reading? >> well, i just finished recently a pretty big book of liberal fascism and i had to read a lot of stuff for that and the stuff i confessed i've been reading most have been graphic novels. it's common books for grownups but i'm right now reading a book called rebirth of a nation by jackson lears which i'm going to be reviewing for national review. it's pretty good so far. it's very ideologically i have some problems with it but it's a good read about the sort of intellectual currents that lead to progressive era. i've been reading some stuff by the academic -- by the social scientist sherry berman about social democracy which is pretty good and i picked up a book called meth land because i think meth is sort of an interesting phenomenon which is not a good thing