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This Episode: Today we are joined by a flaired member of the AskHistorians community, /u/PartyMoses! Better known to his friends and family as Adam Franti, who got his MA at Eastern Michigan University. We will be talking today in general terms about the War of 1812 and focusing on the argument of his masters thesis, which centers around nationalistic historical narratives of the war that unfairly criticize the militia. Adam also used to give tours about the war of 1812 at Fort Mackinac so he has great insight into the interesting stories!
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Great episode. My hometown was the site of a battle of the War of 1812 that puts on a re-enactment every year so I always enjoy hearing more about the war.
Small correction: the song "The White House Burned (War of 1812)" is commonly misattributed to the Arrogant Worms, but it's by Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie, another Canadian comedy band.
Keep up the great work!
Hi everyone! Sorry I am literally a day late to this, but I'm travelling currently and had intermittent access to my laptop. I might be a bit slow to respond but I would love to answer any questions you have!
A lot of narratives of the War of 1812 tend to focus on the Orders in Council and impressment of sailors. Often it starts with the Embargo Act and all that and goes from there. Your narrative seemed to focus more on the Indian Wars. It seems in some ways, these conflicts were arguably more important since it was the main lasting consequence of the war itself. If you were to make a history textbook that wants to present a coherent narrative, which factors leading to the war would be more important to stress?
Haven't had a chance to listen just yet, (its on my queue!) so apologies if I'm asking stuff covered but does the podcast get into the Canadian militia as well?
I've heard before about the critizism of the militia and how some of the states on the border the militia refused to cross. Was there any kind of an effort to bring in militia from further afield that might not have those feelings?
What happened with Harry Turtledove? As far as I'm tracking with his Timeline 191 series, he didn't really express many bigoted views through that series. What issues have come up with Turtledove's writing?