it's easy to see how melville grasp onto this. you know, melville is a young man goes wailing. he's a you know, folksal hand. he reads chases account of the given the book to buy chase's son right when they you know to he's channeling the gods here. yeah, and yeah and and, you know, melville reads this and in his he through the nantucket network got a copy of owen chase's narrative when he was working on moby --. it was very rare by that point and is in in his own copy in the back of it would write you know on the same latitude is where the essex went down. i i read this and had a remarkable effect on me. you know, that's one of the biggest statements and literary history and but that wasn't his only connection. no. no, i mean he i mean he, you know gone whaling him. i mean melville was a collector collector of information a collector of literature collector of like ideas filtering it through and then bringing it out into his works and you know as a young man to go wailing read this in a folk soul. you know given to him by these family connections and then to let that sort of.

ian melville. _ the economic crisis. ian melville. good - the economic crisis. ian melville.ernoon. a year or— melville. good afternoon. a year or so_ melville. good afternoon. a year or so ago you announced the grouping of individuals who would — the grouping of individuals who would get together to look for new ideas and new directions for our— new ideas and new directions for our economy. since then it seems — for our economy. since then it seems to— for our economy. since then it seems to be very quiet so where are we _ seems to be very quiet so where are we in— seems to be very quiet so where are we in the subject? in the public— are we in the subject? in the public domain, notjust are we in the subject? in the public domain, not just what you have _ public domain, not just what you have heard. we public domain, not 'ust what you have heard._ you have heard. we are still planning — you have heard. we are still planning very _ you have heard. we are still planning very much - you have heard. we are still planning very much on - you have heard. we are still planning very m

and of course that's not melville's arguments, you can find that in marks or but i think that is the moral perspective on the book and then the kindness liquidity mumbo-jumbo is an analytic device that works in unison with it. so joel is right. it's not the kind of anticapitalist moral critique like that's not the book and i think actually one thing that's not a book that could have been are those voices in the americanpast that did launch that kind of critique . the book covers everything so that kind of gets to specifically the new deal and okay, if we knew about climate change couldn't the new deal hadjust done it itself ? and my interpretation of the new deal in the books suggest that the edges, but the answer is number the chapter in the book and here i don't know the number myself but there is a chapter in the book i believe title the postwar hinge at deals with, extended argument made by many scholars i think most fortunately recently by ira castell about how the new deal, what the new deal state was and what the new deal done. it's not really secureduntil after world war ii .

let's go to ian melville now, he wants _ basis. let's go to ian melville now, he wants to _ basis.isis. that's what he said. well, a man who served on the commission to the uk whose sole claim _ commission to the uk whose sole claim to _ commission to the uk whose sole claim to fame is that i would say so — claim to fame is that i would say so about a republic. i don't _ say so about a republic. i don't have a difficulty with that _ don't have a difficulty with that. , , don't have a difficulty with that. , _ , , ., that. ok, but he says it is a distraction _ that. ok, but he says it is a distraction from _ that. ok, but he says it is a distraction from the - that. ok, but he says it is a i distraction from the economic crisis here, so let's hear about the economic crisis. good afternoon. _ about the economic crisis. good afternoon, prime _ about the economic crisis. good afternoon, prime minister. - about the economic crisis. good afternoon, prime minister. 0ne| afternoon, prime minister. one also— afternoon, prime minister. one also a _ afternoon, prime minister. one also a year—

and of course that's not melville's argument. umyou can find that in marks but i think that is the moral perspective on the book and then change liquidity mumbo-jumbo, analytic advice that works. so joel is right. it is not the kind of anti-capitalists moral pretty . or at least that's not in the book. one thing that's not in the book that could have been those voices in the american past that did launch that kind of pretty. that but the book can't cover everything. that gets to the new deal that okay, so if we knew about climate change and the new deal have just done it itself? my interpretation of the new deal ingests the answer is no . the chapter in the book and here i don't know the number myself but there's a chapter in the book i believe titled the postwar hinge that deals with, that extends an argument made by many and recently by ir about how the new deal, what the new deal was is not really secured until after world war ii. after you come out of war. the general strike, the rise of the cold war, the battle between share

one of the things chapter tries to do is present favorably, melville's moral argument about capitalism and commerce which is commerce needs to be appropriated toward a better and not completely rejected for moral reasons. in thes chapter it is the romantic critic of the market or the corrosive nature of the market always trying to push upon and spoil the things we value the most whereas melville opposition as someone who says let's think of is future oriented uncertain motion for capitalism and think about the appropriated, shape it and direct and of course that's not melville's argument. but i think that is a moral perspective on the book and the mumbo-jumbo analytic device that works in unison with it so not an anticapitalist moral critique or at least not in the book and i think one thing that's not in the book that could happen are the voices in the american past that watch that kind of critique, the book can't cover everything so that the two the new deal so we knew about climate change, couldn't the new deal have just done it itself in my interpretation ofmy the new deal the book

it is thecr romantic critic always trying to push upon and spoil what we value the most whereas melvilles let's think of the future oriented central to capitalism in ways that we could appropriated and shape and directed. and of course that is not melville's argument you can find that in marks but that is the moral perspective and then that analytic device that works in unison with it. so it's not anti- a capitalist moral critique one is being in the book that could have been because the book can't cover everything so then that gets me to the new deal we knew aboutw climate change couldn't in have just done that itself? in my interpretation of the new deal suggest the answer is no. there is a a chapter in the boo. i believe title the postwar hinge that deals with the extended argument made by scholars about what the new deal state was and is not really secured until after world war ii after you come out ofco the war the general strike the risee, of the cold war, the battles between shareholders and industrial managers like general motors before that managerial triumph. and i make the arg

one of the chapter pieces tries to do is present favorably melville's moral argument about capitalism commerce which is capitalism and promise need to be appropriated toward better and not completely rejecting for moral reasons. in the chapter, it's the romantic critics of the market or predict of the corrosive nature of the market always trying to push it upon the things that spoil in the things that are value the most. let's think of this user oriented uncertain motion that central capitalism, think about the ways we can appropriated, shape it and direct it and of course that is not the argument, you can find that certainly but i think that is the moral perspective on the book and liquidity mumbo-jumbo analytic device that works in unison with it so joel is right, it's not anticapitalist moral critique or at least not in the book and actually one think that's not in the book that could have been our those voices in the american past that did launch that kind of critique so that kind of took me to the new deal so we knew about climate change, the new deal has done it itself? in my in

>> well, i'm a great believer in what herman melville said, he said all subjects are infinite and thethat we learn about a subject, the more infinite it becomes. i think that there's a lot more civil war history to be discovered. i think that book after book after book that reveals more and more dimensions, and let me just tell everyone that now more than ever there's a lot to be discovered. buy and many, many newspapers, pamphlets, books, speeches, that used to be very, very hard to get, you would have to travel -- i don't know where -- california or here, there and every -- they're online and you can word search them through databases like accessible archives, early english books and on and on and on. so, i think we could be at the dawn of a whole new era of civil war scholarship and just scholar sharp in i teach a class called mining archives. and beyond archives are wonderful. there's a lot of promise out there. there really is. >> okay. we have time for one more question and we would love ha hear from both of you. professor varon was there an instance when you changed your mind d

let's go to ian melville now. he wants to ask a question about the economy.ay to you, prime minister, that guy hewitt from the opposition here in barbados says all this talk about the republic and so on isjust a convenient distraction from covid and the economic crisis. that's what he said. well, a man who served as high commissioner to the uk whose sole claim to fame is that i would say so about a republic — i don't have a difficulty with that. ok, but he says it is a distraction from the economic crisis here, so let's hear about the economic crisis. good afternoon, prime minister. a year or so ago you announced a group of individuals— who would get together to look for new ideas and directions . for our economy. since then it seems - to have been very quiet. where are we in this subject? in the public domain, - not just what you have heard, we are still planning on it, on renewable energy for example we have just gotten a major study completed that looks at the issue of offshore wind energy that would see 1 billion us dollars of investment that would help u

let's go to ian melville now. he wants to ask a question about the economy. say to you, prime minister, that guy hewitt from the opposition here in barbados says all this talk about the republic and so on isjust a convenient distraction from covid and the economic crisis. that's what he said. well, a man who served on the commission to the uk whose sole claim to fame is that i would say so about a republic — i don't have a difficulty with that. ok, but he says it is a distraction from the economic crisis here, so let's hear about the economic crisis. good afternoon, prime minister. a year or so ago you announced a group of individuals who would get together to look for new ideas and directions for our economy. since then it seems to have been very quiet. where are we in this subject? in the public domain, not just what you have heard. we are still on it, on renewable energy for example we have just gotten a major study completed that looks at the issue of offshore wind energy that would see 1 billion us dollars of investment that would help us meet the 2030 t

>> i'm a great believer in what herman melville said. he said all subjects are infinite. that we learn about a subject and the more infinite itbecomes . i think that inthere's a lot more civil war history to be discovered. i think that book after book reveals more and more dimensions and let me just tell everyone that now more than ever, there's a lot to be discovered. many many newspapers, pamphlets, books, speeches that use to be very hard to get, you had to travel i don't know where. california or here there and everywhere, there on the line and you can word search them through databases and there's archives. early english books and on and on. so i think we could be at the dawn of a whole new era of civil war scholarship and just scholarship in general. i teach a course at the grand center called mining the archives among the archives are the online archives are just wonderful. so there's a lot of promise outthere, there really is . >> we have time for one more question and we'd love to hear from you on this. professor, let's start with you. is there an instance where

the obvious ones like melville who will the confidence man was a touchstone for me but also i had really really read a lot like margaret fuller, the proto-feminist, gender relations are important in this book and i thought it was so smart and talking literally about gender fluidity . there were two great archives. one at yale, there's a huge strang archive and that was really useful and one at central michigan and there's other places to . i was also blessed with something my predecessors who worked, i think strang just didn't have with this great revolution in 19th-century online newspapers. so i was making breakthroughs and in my basement where i'm sitting now sitting around in my underwear , people couldn't have made because they were unlikelyplaces . the other thing i benefit from his kind of being stupid and pursuing some stuff that maybe i trained historian wouldn't do. and a lot of times i wind up going down rabbit holes going further down rabbit holes and everything now and then, going instinctual he helps me out and my organization is i really believe that this timeline i keep i

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