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10/04/2011

Americana examines how, 150 years after the US Civil War, political, social and racial tensions of the era still reverberate through American society.

Americana investigates the American Civil War.

Civil War Today:
Yale's Professor David Blight joins Matt Frei to discuss the political, social and racial tensions of the Civil War era, still reverberating through America today.

American Voices of the Civil War:
The experiences of ordinary Americans at the Battle of Antietam - STILL the bloodiest single-day battle in American history.

Dean Faulkner Wells:
Dean Faulkner Wells, niece of the double-Pulitzer-prize-winning writer, William Faulkner, recalls her own upbringing in America's Deep South.

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Sun 10 Apr 2011 19:15
成人快手 Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Scott Hanoian

    Battle Hymn of the Republic

    Composers: William Steffe, Julia Ward Howe, Peter J. Wilhousky Conductors: Michael McCarthy

    • America the Beautiful.
    • Washington National Cathedral.
    • ASIN: B003YOXYHK.

  • Tippecanoe Ancient Fife and Drum Co

    Drums Along the Potomac

    • Middle Earth Recording Studio.
    • Asin: B001F7S0VI.

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  • Sun 10 Apr 2011 19:15
    成人快手 Radio 4