Barb’s Burblings

There was an interesting article in the Post yesterday about how the British don’t really learn about the American Revolution. I can’t say I’m surprised. When I studied abroad there, I really wanted to take a course or something about it, to get the British perspective. The best I could do was a course called “The Age of Revolutions.” I only did the first half, which covered the French Revolution, the American Revolution, and the slave rebellions. We sure didn’t spend much time on the American Revolution…not that I was too upset about it, really. The lecturer wasn’t too bad (or too great; I honestly don’t remember the lectures at all), but the leader of the smaller class wasn’t great. I recall correctly her on at least one or two facts.
Anyway. I still wouldn’t mind taking a course on the American Revolution from the British point of view. And then I’ll work on my research on the role of Britain in the American Civil War.