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How the South Won the Civil War: Heather Cox Richardson Interview

Professor Buzzkill History Podcast

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The New Southern Western Oligarchy Tornado

The new southern western oligarchy tornado came to dominate American culture by the 1980s. The image of the American cowboy since Brown versus Board of Education and the rise of western TV shows is one that has gotten its teeth into our history. We have this we're in this weird moment where Americans seem to think that to be a good American man you have to be an individualist who's out for himself, he says.

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