The Things We Choose to Remember (3:38)


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"People not only make history through the things that they do in their own lifetimes, but people, including ordinary people, make history through the things they choose to remember."

The Agrarian Protest refers to a time just after the American Revolution when people were trying to discover whether the political revolution was going to lead to social revolution. Listen to excerpts from an actual course lecture as this idea is explored through the experience of everyday people.


Excerpts from Agrarian Protest Lecture
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