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Charles C. Mann
"Tobacco, Mosquito, Slave: Colonial Virginia and the Dawn of Globalization"

On April 10, 2008, Charles C. Mann delivered the Stuart G. Christian, Jr., Trustees Lecture. Mr. Mann gave VHS members a preview of his next book, which will describe the creation of the first truly global network of trade and ideas—from the triangular trade linking Europe, West Africa, and the New World to the first trans-Pacific ties between the New World and East Asia. Download audio

Nelson D. Lankford
"The Crooked Road to Civil War, 1861"

On March 29, 2007, Dr. Lankford delivered the Stuart G. Christian, Jr., Lecture. Cry Havoc! The Crooked Road to Civil War, 1861 chronicles the eight critical weeks that began with Lincoln's inauguration through the explosion at Fort Sumter and the president's fateful response to it. Download audio

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