American Nationhood and Nationalisms (with Miles Smith)
February 1, 2023
Alastair Roberts
Dr Miles Smith, Assistant Professor of History at Hillsdale College (https://www.hillsdale.edu/faculty/miles-smith-iv/), joins me for a discussion of American nationhood and nationalism. We discuss the distinctive historical and cultural background that should ground contemporary discussions of so-called American Christian nationalism.
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