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History As A Tool For Understanding And Action
- Liz Covart frames history as a tool for understanding identity and shaping a better future.
- She emphasizes active research in archives—letters, ledgers, journals—as a treasure hunt that uncovers who people were and why they acted.
New England Childhood Sparked A Scholarly Obsession
- Liz describes her New England upbringing and lifelong fascination with the Revolution that propelled her into early American history.
- She recounts walking Boston's Freedom Trail annually and later shifting focus from New England to Albany for her PhD research.
How Yankees Remade Upstate New York
- Liz found that post-Revolution migration from New England reshaped New York's cultural landscape.
- 700,000–800,000 Yankees moved into New York, recreating New England-style towns across much of the state.