Thomas Bender - “American History: Views from Abroad” [video 1 hr 8 min 8 sec]

NYU Professor of the Humanities Thomas Bender argues that the idea of American exceptionalism has hobbled the study of American history. Bender traces the study of history from the “men of letters” historians of the nineteenth century up to the present, and explains why a more worldly history curriculum would help students to better understand events throughout American history.