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In Our Time

Tocqueville: Democracy in America

Duration: 51 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Alexis de Tocqueville and his study of the American democratic system, written as an example to France of how democracy might develop there. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Melvyn Bragg
Interviewed Guest:
Robert Gildea
Interviewed Guest:
Susan-Mary Grant
Interviewed Guest:
Jeremy Jennings

In Our Time

The Gettysburg Address

Duration: 49 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address of 1863, one of the most influential statements of national purpose. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Melvyn Bragg
Interviewed Guest:
Catherine Clinton
Interviewed Guest:
Susan-Mary Grant
Interviewed Guest:
Tim Lockley