Chapter 69: The New Imperialism
In the late 19th Century, the nature of imperialism was evolving. Driven by Realist geopolitics, capitalist forces, and racist assumptions,...
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History Daily: The Great Civil War Locomotive Chase
A guest episode from the podcast History Daily ! As we discussed back in Chapter 52, the new railroads played a major role during the U.S. C...
Chapter 68: Industrialization Spreads East
In the mid-19th Century, two eastern empires were humiliated by industrialized powers. To avoid further humiliation, they both decided to in...
Chapter 67 - The Iron Chancellor & Rise of Germany
The Second Industrial Revolution more or less coincided with the lifespan of the German Empire. From 1871 to 1914, the new nation adopted a...
Chapter 66: The Revolt of Labor
At the end of the 19th Century, workers throughout the world were fighting increasingly bitter, bloody battles against their capitalist boss...
Chapter 65: Economic Ideas (The Many Schools of Socialism)
During the late 19th Century, socialism fractured into numerous schools. In this episode, we explore the growing field of socialist thought,...
Chapter 64: Economic Ideas (The Neoclassics)
Beginning in the 1870s, the Neoclassical School of Economics emerged. Borrowing the idea of marginal analysis from calculus, and applying it...
Chapter 63: Finance and Turbulence
As industrialization drove economic growth all over the Western World, financial systems had to keep growing in complexity and value. And as...
Chapter 62: An American Aristocracy
Americans had long believed their country was a classless society. But by the end of the 19th Century, that myth had been shattered. In the...
Podcast Special! - From Textile Workers to Rideshare Drivers: The Never-Ending History of Creative Destruction
The live recording of my recent Mill Talk at the Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation.
Chapter 61: New Energy, New Engine
In the mid-19th Century, two new industrial developments were underway. In the UK and US, new discoveries were made for the refining of crud...
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Chapter 60: The Electric Age
Electric power has become a staple of our daily lives. In this episode, we’ll discuss how it was made possible. Topics covered include: The...
Chapter 59: Steel and Rubber
It is simply impossible to imagine life today without the mass-production of steel and rubber, made possible during the Technological Revolu...
Chapter 58: A New Commercial Era
More so than in the First Industrial Revolution, the Second Industrial Revolution saw big changes in consumer markets. Thanks to mail-order...
Chapter 57: America's Railroad Age
In this episode, we talk about the many changes to American life brought about by the railroads in the late 19th Century. Topics include: Ne...
Chapter 56: The Technological Revolution
A quick introduction to the Second Industrial Revolution. Become a patron of the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/indrevpod
Chapter 55: Bold Leaps of Discovery
In the mid-19th Century, scientists would upend everything human beings understood about themselves and the world around them, and they woul...
Chapter 54: The Great Global Shake-Up
In an age of expanding railroads, steam-driven ocean liners, transnational telegraphs, and more, the world experienced its “First Wave of Mo...
Chapter 53: Nationalism
In the wake of the Industrial Revolution, human beings were becoming increasingly aware of the things that united them and the things that d...