The Great Political Fictions: Hamilton

<p>Our series concludes with a musical: Lin-Manuel Miranda’s wildly popular and increasingly controversial <em>Hamilton</em> (2015). What does it get right and what does it get wrong about America’s founding fathers? How fair is it to judge a Broadway musical by the standards of academic history? And why does a product of the Obama era still resonate so powerfully in the age of Trump and Biden?</p><br><p>The latest edition of our free fortnightly newsletter - which accompanies the last three episodes in this Fictions series including <em>Hamilton</em> - is out tomorrow, with lots of extra info, clips and reflections – just sign up here: <a href="https://linktr.ee/ppfideas" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://linktr.ee/ppfideas</a></p><br><p>And sign up now to PPF+ to get all our bonus episodes along with ad-free listening: coming very soon for PPF+ subscribers Robert Saunders on his favourite political novel plus a special episode on <em>Evita:</em> <a href="http://www.ppfideas.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.ppfideas.com</a></p><br><p>Next time: Gary Gerstle on the Republican National Convention</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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