eastern, the "wall street journa journal"'s matthew hennessey discusses his book "zero hour for gen x." >> if you're a millennial, google helped you get through high school. if you're a mel len yillennial, wikipedia helped get you through college. your whole life has been shaped in this technology in a way that previous generations never experienced and in ways many of us never imagined was possible. in key ways, this was the thesis of my book. that makes millennials different from the rest of us. >>> and on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern, francis eukuyama talks about his book "identity, the demand for dignity and the politics of resentment." >> it can be shaped by leaders, by schools, by education, by the way we talk about our shared history and our shared values, and i think that's an important past that lies ahead of us. >> and on sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern on "after words," carol anderson discusses her book "one person, one vote" and how this president is ruining our democracy. >> if you look at the real world history of the right to vote, it's been extremely contested and it's been

each, the wall street journal's matthew hennessey examines the role generation x will play in america's future. at seven, eli saslow profiles a former white supremacist who disavowed his upbringing. and at 8:30, seminary professor bruce ashard examines the relationship between christianity and poll tibs. then on "after words" at 10, democratic representative jakemy raskin interviews african-american studies professor carol anderson about changes to voting requirements following the 2013 supreme court ruling, shelby v. holder. and we wrap up our prime time programming at 11 eastern with francis fukuyama's thoughts on how to move past identity politics and return to civil discourse. that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. 48 hours of nonfiction be authors and books -- the nonfiction authors and books every weekend. television for serious readers. a reminder that this weekend's full schedule is available on our web site, booktv.org. >>> and now here's matthew hennessey discussing generation x. >> so this book started out as a city journal article. i don't know if you know that. it wa

on tuesday at the manhattan institute in new york city the wall street journal matthew hennessey will weigh in on how it will generate. look for us at books incorporation in berkeley california. where the journalist will provide a history of latin american involvement in world war ii. for the pulitzer prize winning biographer. the life of wendell wilkie. the republican nominee for president in 1940. also that evening at the national world war i museum. they will report on a group of allied prisoners who escaped a german pow camp in 1918. that is a look at some of what book tv will become any -- covering this week. we will look for them to air in the near future. here is a look at some authors. a weekly author interview program includes the best-selling nonfiction books and guest interviewers. they offered their thoughts. informer education secretary the schools in america. in the coming weeks on afterwards. the former secretary of state john carey well reflect on his life and career. in this weekend the political controversy. on how progressive influence academia. they are the center

. >>> and now here's matthew hennessey discussing generation x. >> so this book started out as a city journal article. i don't know if you know that. it was first on the web site as a little bitty article, then it was a longer article, so i have to thank brian for allowing me to develop the idea. and i want to thank paul for listening to me rail about things like the universal basic income and the amazon echo in his office before any of it had any hopes of becoming a book. and i also want to thank my friends at encounter for giving me the opportunity the, of course. i know that a lot of you probably attended the james w. wilson lecture a few weeks ago in which harvard professor ed glazer was talking about the challenge of convincing millennials that capitalism is not a force for evil, but is, in fact, a force for good. professor or glaeser had data and charts that he used to buttress his many trenchant points; namely, that millennials are in some key respects different from rest of us. i know there are millennials here, but i'm going to get to that part. and by the rest of us, i mean

eastern with "the wall street journal"'s matthew hennessey.he examines the role generation x will play in america's future. that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books every weekend. television for serious readers. a reminder this weekend's full schedule is available on our web site, booktv.org. >>> and now, pulitzer prize-winning biographer david levering lewis recalls the life and political career of wendell wilkie. [inaudible conversations] >> hello. how's everyone doing this evening? >> wonderful. >> what exuberance. thank you. my name is aidan, i work here at the library doing the free cultural programs in this building, so i am very glad to see all of you here tonight. we are honored to have a great historian and a great editor of a great history magazine. so i hope you enjoy this conversation. it's david levering lewis' first book in ten years, and as you know it's about

up our prime time programming beginning at 11: 10 pm eastern with the wall street journal's matthew hennesseyexamining the role adoration next will play in america's future. that happens tonight on cspan2's book tv, 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books every weekend. television for serious readers. our on either this weekend's fall schedule is available on our website, booktv.org. >> .. then we left jeffrey lewis reading from his new book. on saturday at 4 p.m., lewis miller, the author of the late bloomers club will be here to read from her book and she will also be a to help us judge our send

announcer: this weekend on book tv, saturday at 6:15, matthew hennessey discusses his book zero our. -- hour. how the last adult generation can save america from the lineal's. >> the oldest millennial was 16 and 17 in 1998. if you are a millennial, wikipedia help to get through to high school -- college. if you are a millennial, you're a digital native. byr life has been shaped this technology that previous generations has not experienced and in ways many of us never imagined possible. that makesways millennials different from the rest of us. announcer: on sunday at 2:00 p.m., a stanford university professor talks about his book. >> that is the nice thing about identity. it does not have to be fixed. it can be shaped by leaders and thechools, by education and way we talk about our shared history and shared values. i think that is an important path lying ahead of us. announcer: on sunday at 9 p.m. eastern, on afterwards, the african studies chair discusses her book "one person, no vote." how voter suppression is destroying our democracy. she is interviewed by a democratic congressman.

on tuesday the wall street journal matthew hennessey will weigh in on how technology has affected generation x. look for some books inc. where the journalists will provide a history of latin american involvement in world war ii. then we returned to the library for pulitzer prize-winning biographer recount of the life of wendell wilkie. a business mentor politician who is the republican nominee for president in 1940. also at the national world war i museum, neil will report on a group of allied prisoners who escaped a german pow camp in 1918. that's a look at some of what book tv will be covering this week. many events are open to the public. look for them to air in the near future on book tv and on c-span2. >> who may come back. we are ready to begin. welcome to politics and prose.

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. >> coming up this weekend on book tv, saturday, 6:00 pm eastern, the wall street journal's matthew hennessey discusses his book zero hour for gen x. how the last adult generation can save america from millennials. >> in 1999, the oldest millennial was 16 or 17. so google helped you get through high school. wikipedia helped you get through college. if you're a millennial, you're a digital native. your whole life has been shaped by this technology in a way that previous generations never experienced and in ways that many of us never imagined was possible. in key ways that makes millennials different from the rest of us. >> on sunday at 2:00 pm eastern,

the wall street journal's matthew hennessey discusses his book, zero hour for gen x.ave the last adult generation can save america from millennials. >> in 1990 the old is millennial was 16 or 17, google help you get through high school. -- in 1996, the oldest millennial was 16 or 17, google help to get through high school. if you were born after this your whole life was shaped by this technology in a previous generator -- in ways the previous generation never experienced and ways that many of us did not imagine this was possible. and in key ways that makes millennials different from the rest of us. >> then sunday at 2 p.m. eastern, professor francis fujian matan's about his book, identity, the demand for dignity and the politics of resentment. aboutt's the nice thing identity, it can be shaped by education, byls, the way we talk about our shared history and shared values. i think that's an important path that lies ahead of us. afterwards, the african american studies chair of emory university discusses her book, one person, no vote. how voter suppressing -- suppressio

eastern commodity "wall street journal' s" matthew hennessey discusses x."book "zero hour for gen matthew: if you are a millennial, google help to get through high school. if you are a millennial, wikipedia help to get through college. if you are a millennial, you are what is called a digital native. and keyways, this is the thesis of my book, this makes millennials different from the rest of us. >> that sunday, stanford university professor francis fu "yama talks about his book identity." francis: identity can be shaped by readers, schools, education, the way we talk about our shared history and our shared values, and that is important. >> and on sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern on "after words," in university african-american studies chair carol anderson discusses her book "one person, no vote." interviewed by democratic congressman jamie raskin of maryland. raskin: if you look at the history of the right to vote, it has been violently contested. dr. anderson: absolutely. one of the things i talk about aspirational an nation dreamweaver people, we hold these tr

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