American History with George H. Smith, Part One

George H. Smith

George H. Smith was formerly Senior Research Fellow for the Institute for Humane Studies, a lecturer on American History for Cato Summer Seminars, and Executive Editor of Knowledge Products. Smith’s fourth and most recent book, The System of Liberty, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2013.

Lib​er​tar​i​an​ism​.org is proud to present George H. Smith’s lecture series on American history, given at Dartmouth College in 1983 at one of the first Cato Summer Seminars. Smith provides an intellectual history of the founding and development of the United States from the Declaration of Independence to the Progressive Era.

In the first part of this series, Smith revisits the American Revolution, from the Declaration of Independence and Lexington and Concord to the Battle of Yorktown.

George H. Smith was formerly Senior Research Fellow for the Institute for Humane Studies and Executive Editor of Knowledge Products. Smith’s fourth book, The System of Liberty, is forthcoming from Cambridge University Press.