scott gac
@historian73
Author-Teacher-Historian.Violence in the United States, cultures of American protest, American Civil War. Professor (HIST/AMST) @ Trinity College.👊🏾
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@CambridgeUP @historian73 Read about the violent suppression of a worker demonstration in Tompkins Square Park in 1874 — which Samuel Gompers called ‘an orgy of brutality’ — to the larger suppression of worker's rights and social darwinism during the turn of the twentieth century.
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2/4 New Books: Born in Blood - Violence and the Making of America, by Scott Gac - @historian73
https://t.co/DA0kpSdbEc https://t.co/YAy0vetvAB
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@VMartin You and @historian73 were amazing . I so appreciate all conversations about our true history . You mentioned the study you did about our elective courses on African -American and Latino history . Is that available to the public ?
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Recap: BORN IN BLOOD: VIOLENCE AND THE MAKING OF AMERICA with @historian73 and @VMartin
We were excited to welcome author Scott Gac for a conversation about his new book, BORN IN BLOOD, alongside Vivian Martin! Thank you both for an informative and powerful dialogue. https://t.co/eDCZ9x3ibB
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Thanks to Andrew and the crew at Keen On! Here’s what we had to say about Born in Blood: https://t.co/EPdPX1iqeq
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JUST ANNOUNCED!
Friday, Jan. 19 at 7:00pm ET - BORN IN BLOOD: VIOLENCE AND THE MAKING OF AMERICA with author Scott Gac (@historian73) and @VMartin (In-Person)
In-Person Event: $10. Learn more & REGISTER HERE: https://t.co/IjJfI7vFWe
#Hartford# #CT# #Connecticut# #History# https://t.co/DGQjWViSOY
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Scott Gac's (@historian73) Born in Blood: Violence and the Making of America coming in January from @cambUP_History
Check out the trailer:
https://t.co/qv4WAolBnj
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Now they are coming after Monticello and other historic houses that try to tell the whole story.
https://t.co/xq6QIjRRxp
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Today in American Violence: 1895, In San Francisco, the body of Minnie Williams was found in the pastor's study of the Emmanuel Baptist church. The assailant raped Williams before killing the domestic worker with a silver-handled table knife.
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Some very good news: Come this fall, I'll be the Macaulay Honors College Visiting Assistant Professor of History at Queens College, CUNY (@QCHistory)! I first learned how to teach at QC, and the department made me feel welcomed and valued in my years as an adjunct.
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#AHA22# attendees interested in learning more about publishing/the editorial process, see below. I'll be joining some outstanding univ. press colleagues for this panel. See below for more info and link:
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via @NYTOpinion Brilliant piece. My students can read this, sleep through my first class, and not miss a beat (but only if they read Trouillot on Silencing the Past as well!) Sleeping without doing the reading will not be accepted. https://t.co/94DajrOpZw
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Instead of packing for New Orleans, I'm sadly writing to switch in-person meetings to virtual for #AHA2022#. Omicron has made it necessary for @cambUP_History to pull out. We'll be posting highlights/discount code here later this week. We have MANY fab new books to celebrate.
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Today in American Violence: 1876, In Lansing, Michigan, a family argument breaks out. After some shooting, J.F. Markley and his father-in-law are critically wounded.
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Today in American Violence: 1876, In Van Buren Township, Michigan, the horse buggy Ida Smith is riding in flips over. She is instantly killed.
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Today in American Violence: 1873, In Henderson, Kentucky, a man kills his wife in a drunken fit. The man’s suicide attempt fails.
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Today in American Violence: 1920, in Pensacola, Florida, two helicopters collide in Ellyson field. Instructor Lt. Robert L. Zinser and students Lr. John L. Rieker and Lt. Burt A. Hoffman are killed. Tragedy, yes. 1920 and helicoptering, no.
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Today in American Violence: 1905, In Monongahela City, Pennsylvania, an explosion takes place at Braznell Coal company. Seven men are instantly killed in one of many industrial-era workplace "accidents."
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Today in American Violence: 1888, In Greensburg, Pennsylvania, Lovers Amanda Montgomery and Gus Wineman are walking along a railroad track. A train blasts by and kills them. Star-crossed lovers shouldn't cross train tracks.
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