Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: American History and the World

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Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: American History and the World

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[Free Registration/Login Required] Thomas Bender presents a documentary tying together American history with the world. He discusses the development of United States nationalism, globalization, and economics during the discovery of the early Americas through to their discovery by Europeans, colonization, and the Civil War. [1:07:50]

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