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June 21 - July 17, 2009
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
I am delighted to be bringing together a group of teachers to study the people of Philadelphia during an era of Atlantic revolutions from roughly 1760 to 1810. This seminar will have daily discussion at the Library Company of Philadelphia, which was founded by Benjamin Franklin, and where participants will have hands-on access to writings and images of this tumultuous era. Our daily meetings will look at the ups and downs of fighting a long war for American independence, and then relate these experiences to the wider Atlantic world of revolutionary contagion. Equally exciting is our golden opportunity to visit some of the historical places Philadelphians would have known over two hundred years ago, many of which are within blocks of the Library Company. Learn more...