Most would call the building of the transcontinental railroads a triumph of capitalism and its genius tycoons, but a comedy of errors played by avaricious fools is closer to the truth. Lewis Lapham talks with historian Richard White about the failures of the companies behind a major alteration of the American West.
Lewis Lapham talks with Kory Stamper, lexicographer at Merriam-Webster and the author of Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries. More
Lewis H. Lapham speaks with the author of The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company. More
Lewis H. Lapham speaks with the author of The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War. More
Lewis H. Lapham talks with Eric Foner, author of Battles for Freedom: The Use and Abuse of American History. More
Lewis H. Lapham talks with Stephen Greenblatt, author of The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve. More
