1869, Ep. 106 with John O'Keefe, author of Stranger Citizens

Transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/HKSiPpEyp5yUbQ9XaP2WK6MZwGo

This episode, we speak with John O’Keefe, author of Stranger Citizens: Migrant Influence and National Power in the Early American Republic—https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501756092/stranger-citizens/#bookTabs=1

John is Associate Professor of History at Ohio University-Chillicothe

We spoke to John about his interest in the history of what is still an ongoing, modern debate – who can be a citizen and who decides, how migrants responded to attempts to limit their rights in the early formative years of our republic, and what were some of his favorite historical stories that he uncovered in his research.