suzanne smith is an assistant professor of history here at george mason university, and she has a new book out published by harvard funeral directors of the african-american we of death. dr. smith is the african-american we've def? >> the african american way of death is a way of thinking about death as not just deaf but connected to freedom and to the struggle for civil rights. in the book until the story about how the connection between def and freedom so essential to an african americans understand of funerals and deaths of that is it hasn't been considered in quite the way i do in the book before but it is essential to our understanding of the civil rights movement and also the history of african-american entrepreneurship. >> what is the story? >> it goes back to slavery and the african-american culture, they call a funeral home going, and in the book i trace the story beginning there and in the west african and transatlantic slave trade, african slaves who try to escapes often jump in the ship on the middle passage and the call it the home going because they believe their spirits

suzanne smith is an assistant professor of history here at george mason university, and she has a new book out published by harvard, "to serve the living: funeral directors and the african american way of death". dr. smith, what is the african american way of death? >> guest: the african american way of debt is a way of thinking about death as not just death, but connected to freedom and connected to the struggle for civil rights. in the book that tell a story about how the connection between death and freedom is so central to african-americans understanding of funerals and deaf that it hasn't been really considered in quite the way i do in the book before, but it is essential to our standing of the civil rights movement and also the history of african american entrepreneurial ship. >> host: what is the story? >> guest: the story goes back to slavery. in african-american culture they call a funeral of going. in the book i trace the story beginning there, and in the west african transatlantic slave trade african slaves who tried to escape enslavement also jump ship on the middle passag

. >> suzanne smith professor george mason university and author of this book to serve the living funeral directors and the african american way of death published by harvard. >>> now an interview from george mason university. >> professor of public and international affairs said george mason university and also the author of this book hard-line the republican party and u.s. foreign policy since world war ii. professor speed, what is hard line to you? >> it's a title because the sums up one of the main arguments in the book is that the republican party has had a foreign policy approach that tends to be hard lined by which i mean the foreign policy to increase syria's lead the way that there are threats out there and now to the united states trying to be uncompromising in the face of those threats. that is consistent but there's also been a variety in what particular republican comes under what particular president is to make the was my next question. 67 years since the end of world war ii. there are what 67, 34 years 34 of those have had republican presidents. is there any consistency? >>

. >> host: suzanne smith, professor at george mason university and author of this book, "to serve the living: funeral directors and the african american way of death" published by harvard. >> here are the best-selling nonfiction books according to los angeles times as of october october 5th. topping the list is jacqueline kennedy, a collection of seven historic interviews with the former first lady. the book details so america can rediscover its values. third is the $88 champion, the story of the rise of a racehorse and snowman in the show jumping circuit. unbroken, the story of an allen decries survival and world war ii, followed by not for a children's book go the f to sleep. simon garfield recounts the history of thought in his book just might tie him which is sixth. actress jane lenses tell-all book, happy accidents, is seventh. former vice president -- detainees and mark is a fellow by in the garden of beasts. both recently discussed their books on book tv, and you can once the program on line. finishing up the list is arguably a collection of essays from author christopher hiche

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