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 Modern Globalization.” In this episode, we discuss the ways it played out in the mid-19th Century, including massive waves of migrations, gold rushes, remittances, trade, foreign investment, international cooperation efforts, missionaries, the new tourism industry, world’s fairs, and more. To support the podcast on Patreon – and to get access to the ad-free stream and footnotes – go to .

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Chapter 54: The Great Global Shake-Up is an episode from The Industrial Revolutions by Dave Broker.

This episode is 73:50 long.

This episode was published on Aug 2, 2021.

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