Patrick Allitt

While American history spans not much more than two centuries, it is filled with a wealth of leaders, wars, movements, inventions, and ideas....

Each lecture will give you a refreshing new understanding of what made the British Empire both great in its achievements and vulnerable to its eventual downfall....

From electric lights to automobiles to the appliances that make our lives easier at work and at home, we owe so much of our world to the Industrial Revolution....

Taught by acclaimed Professor Patrick Allitt, a British-born scholar who teaches at Emory University, these 36 splendid lectures give you an insider’s take on traveling through Great Britain....

This series of 36 fascinating lectures is a chronological journey into the story of Victorian Britain....

In this series of 24 lectures, Professor Allitt argues that the best way to look for explanations of America's truly remarkable vitality and diversity is to study the nation's religious history....

Our understanding of the American West has moved far beyond pop culture in recent years....

In 10 lectures, award-winning historian Patrick N. Allitt transports listeners to England in the 1840s and 1850s. During those two decades, Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert, became one of the most influential people in the country and remains a figure of fascination even today....

The 30 years of contemporary US history following the fall of the Soviet Union tend to get short shrift. Nonetheless, events of today have been profoundly shaped by the past several decades, and one must understand this recent history to understand the world today....

A thorough understanding of Conservatism's lineage, principles, and impact on history is essential to making sense of the 21st-century political dialogue....

Whether your classroom consists of 3 students or 300, it’s important to be as effective a teacher as possible, both for your students and for your own professional and personal growth....

In this series of 48 fascinating lectures, an award-winning teacher and author explores the national character by introducing you to notable men and women from every era of American history....