class is about 55 minutes. >> good morning everybody, and welcome to american history. .y name is jonathan barth you all know me as professor barth. i am a history professor at arizona state university, in conjunction with two stellar, world-class programs, and there they are on the screen. the school of historical, philosophical, and religious studies, great program. and then also the center for political thought and leadership, another stellar program if this lecture intrigues you. you should check out our center. we are doing some big things. if you are interested in morning -- in learning more about yours , www.professorbarth.com, you can read about me on that website. politicians have passed. alexander hamilton died in a duel in 1804. james madison, pictured on the right, retired from politics and dies in 1836. john adams and thomas jefferson , july 4,e same day 1826, 50 years to the day of the signing of the declaration of independence. pretty incredible. you can't make something like that up. but america is changing. is sweepingolution the young republic. mass commercialization, profit-ma

jonathan barth: welcome to american history. my name is jonathan barth. you all know me as professor barth. i am a history professor at arizona state university. with two very stellar what was programs. there they are, on the screen. the school of historical, philosophical and religious studies. quite a mouthful. we call it shippers. also, the center for political thought and leadership. or ptl, another stellar program. lecture intrigues you, you should check out our center. we are doing big things. you are interested in learning more about yours www.professorbarth.com. you can read about me on that website. a generation of politicians has passed. alexander hamilton died in a dual in 1804. james madison pictured there on the right retired from politics and dies in 1836. john adams at thomas jefferson day, july 4, 1826. 50 years to the day of the signing of the declaration of independence. pretty incredible. you can't make something like that up. america is changing. sweepingrevolution is the young republic. mass commercialization. profit-making. new opport

lectures in history, jackson's presidency is discussed by arizona state university professor jonathan barth. >> probably the most colorful president in united states history, i say probably, i think we can state almost objective will the most clrful president in u.s. history. ail giant of a figure. >> on saturday at 10:00 p.m. the 1951 educational film subject narcotics intended to describe the dangers of narcotics and heroin addiction. >> this is a shooting gallery and must wait their turn to use the needle. >> on sunday beginning at 2:00 p.m. eastern we'll bring you presidential inaugurations starting with fdr in 1933. >> let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. >> dwight d eisenhower in 1953, john f kennedy in 1961. >> for man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life. >> and ronald reagan from 1981. >> let us take inventory, we are a nation that has a government shs not the other way around. and this makes us special among the nations of the earth. >> and on monday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on

of our features, lectures and history andrew jackson's presidency is discussed by professor jonathan bar barth. >> i think we can state the most colorful president in u.s. history. a giant of a figure. >> saturday 10:00 p.m. the 1951 educational film narcotics. >> this is a shooting gallery, a room where add ticicts come to the needle. >> presidential inauguration archive. >> the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. >> john f kennedy in 1961. >> a man holds in his mortal hands all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life. >> and ronald reagan from 1981. >> let us take inventory, we are a nation that has a government not the other way around and this makes us special around the ertd. >> and monday, the 1977 film "the time has come" originally created for overseas audiences, it documents the progress of african-americans by -- >> it is bringing about a new sense of hope and not just a new sense of hope and optimism but also bringing about a sense of economic pair ji. >> economic history. for our complete schedule go to c-span.o c-span.org. >> tomorrow al sharpton marks martin lut

lectures and history, andrew jackson's presidency is discussed by arizona state university professor jonathan barth. >> probably the most colorful president in united states history. i say probably, i think we can state almost objectively, the most colorful president in u.s. history. a giant of a figure. >> then on saturday at 10:00 p.m. eastern on real america, the 1951 educational film subject narcotics intended to describe the dangers of narcotics and heroin addiction. >> this is a shooting gallery. a room where addicts come to inject their narcotic and must wait their turn to use the needle. >> on sunday, beginning at 2:00 p.m. eastern, you archival administrations starting with franklin delano roosevelt in 1933. >> let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. >> dwight d. eisenhower in 1953. john f. kennedy in 1961. >> for man holds in his mortal hands, the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life. >> and ronald reagan from 1981. >> let us take inventory. we are a nation that has a government, not the other way around. and this