I watch CSPAN-BookTV alot these days. I really like this kind of television.
Most of the time, I find my time well spent watching BTV, and when I don't it is because I simply do not have a grasp of what is being discussed.
Today, they had on Richard Sennett. He grew up in Cabrini Green - a Chicago Housing project - during the 50's. He ends up being a Professor at NYU and at the London School of Economics.
I was so impressed with this talk I cannot contain my enthuthiasm. For the first time in perhaps my whole life, I feel I have been given the language to express what I see is a root cause of the social ills of this country.
He wrote a book
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t..._books_3/103-3327509-7515829?v=glance&s=books
I do not know much about the book. I just know that after the one hour talk he gave on CSPAN I have to read it. If you get a chance and they replay the talk, I highly recommend it.
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Most of the time, I find my time well spent watching BTV, and when I don't it is because I simply do not have a grasp of what is being discussed.
Today, they had on Richard Sennett. He grew up in Cabrini Green - a Chicago Housing project - during the 50's. He ends up being a Professor at NYU and at the London School of Economics.
I was so impressed with this talk I cannot contain my enthuthiasm. For the first time in perhaps my whole life, I feel I have been given the language to express what I see is a root cause of the social ills of this country.
He wrote a book
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t..._books_3/103-3327509-7515829?v=glance&s=books
I do not know much about the book. I just know that after the one hour talk he gave on CSPAN I have to read it. If you get a chance and they replay the talk, I highly recommend it.
nitro