Miriam Leslie

Why have we not heard about Miriam Leslie? She was one of the richest New York women, and a media tycoon. She was also a seductress who broke the era's gender norms and charlatan that concocted her origin story. Her life is riveting and no better author to bring this biography to life than Betsy Prioleau. Essential Reading:Betsy Prioleau, Diamonds and Deadlines: The Tale of Greed, Deceit, and a Female Tycoon in the Gilded Age (2022). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Why have we not heard about Miriam Leslie? She was one of the richest New York women, and a media tycoon. She was also a seductress who broke the era's gender norms and charlatan that concocted her origin story. Her life is riveting and no better author to bring this biography to life than Betsy Prioleau. Essential Reading:<a href="https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/diamonds-and-deadlines_9781468314502/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Betsy Prioleau, Diamonds and Deadlines: The Tale of Greed, Deceit, and a Female Tycoon in the Gilded Age (2022).</a> See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

Diamonds and Deadlines: The Life of Miriam Leslie

No one can dispute the importance of the Great War, but where the conflict began, and the ideas that set it apart from other wars is the starting point of this episode. Patrick Cohrs discusses his latest tome The New Atlantic Order and explains how the long origin of World War I began in the 1860s and has reverberated to this very day. Essential Reading:Patrick O. Cohrs, The New Atlantic Order (2022). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

No one can dispute the importance of the Great War, but where the conflict began, and the ideas that set it apart from other wars is the starting point of this episode. Patrick Cohrs discusses his latest tome The New Atlantic Order and explains how the long origin of World War I began in the 1860s and has reverberated to this very day. Essential Reading:<a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/new-atlantic-order/DFF9DCA7FB039596607DFE1CA8963FC0" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Patrick O. Cohrs, The New Atlantic Order (2022).</a> See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

The New Atlantic Order

The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era published a roundtable called "What Came Next?: Reflections on the Aftermath(s) of the 1918-19 Flu Pandemic in the Age of COVID." Three of the participants join me to discuss how pandemics end, if they end, what lessons they teach (if any), and how they contribute to the history of a given era. The answers might surprise you!Essential Reading:Christopher McKnight Nichols, E. Thomas Ewing, K. Healan Gaston, Maddalena Marinari, Alan Lessoff, and David Huyssen, "What Came Next?: Reflections on the Aftermath(s) of the 1918-19 Flu Pandemic in the Age of COVID," Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era 21, no. 2 (April 2022): 111-149.Roundtable with Christopher McKnight Nichols, Nancy Bristow, E. Thomas Ewing, Joseph M. Gabriel, Benjamin C. Montoya and Elizabeth Outka “Reconsidering the 1918–19 Influenza Pandemic in the Age of COVID-19” Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era 19, no. 4: 642-672. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era published a roundtable called "What Came Next?: Reflections on the Aftermath(s) of the 1918-19 Flu Pandemic in the Age of COVID." Three of the participants join me to discuss how pandemics end, if they end, what lessons they teach (if any), and how they contribute to the history of a given era. The answers might surprise you!Essential Reading:<a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-gilded-age-and-progressive-era/article/what-came-next-reflections-on-the-aftermaths-of-the-191819-flu-pandemic-in-the-age-of-covid/C34A023067C72795D6CFAB2A365AF66A" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Christopher McKnight Nichols, E. Thomas Ewing, K. Healan Gaston, Maddalena Marinari, Alan Lessoff, and David Huyssen, "What Came Next?: Reflections on the Aftermath(s) of the 1918-19 Flu Pandemic in the Age of COVID," Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era 21, no. 2 (April 2022): 111-149.</a><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-gilded-age-and-progressive-era/article/reconsidering-the-191819-influenza-pandemic-in-the-age-of-covid19/5E5A6456FF7A788BFD9927B534004895" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Roundtable with Christopher McKnight Nichols, Nancy Bristow, E. Thomas Ewing, Joseph M. Gabriel, Benjamin C. Montoya and Elizabeth Outka “Reconsidering the 1918–19 Influenza Pandemic in the Age of COVID-19” Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era 19, no. 4: 642-672.</a> See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

Do Pandemics End?: A Roundtable

The African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) is one of the most important African American Churches in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, and Christina Dickerson-Cousin shares how the AME worked in Indian Territory. The story is one of shared issues and common interests that helps add nuance to our understanding of the period.Essential Reading:Christina Dickerson-Cousin, Black Indians &amp; Freedmen: The African Methodist Episcopal Church and Indigenous Americans, 1816-1916 (2021). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) is one of the most important African American Churches in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, and Christina Dickerson-Cousin shares how the AME worked in Indian Territory. The story is one of shared issues and common interests that helps add nuance to our understanding of the period.Essential Reading:<a href="https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=96mcn9ay9780252044212" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Christina Dickerson-Cousin, Black Indians &amp; Freedmen: The African Methodist Episcopal Church and Indigenous Americans, 1816-1916 (2021).</a> See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

Black Indians and Freedmen

The United States and Brazil share the distinction of being the last places in the Americas to emancipate slaves. The Emancipation Proclamation (1863) and Fourteenth Amendment (1865) accomplished this in the U.S. and the Golden Law in Brazil did the same in 1888, although emancipation occurred gradually there over three decades. Roberto Saba calls the experience "the American Mirror" and argues that it can tell us a great deal about the hemisphere, the industrialization of American economies, and the growth of a new order.Essential Reading:Roberto Saba, American Mirror: The United States and Brazil in the Age of Emancipation (2021).Recommended Reading:Emilia Viotti da Costa, The Brazilian Empire: Myths and Histories (2000).Sven Beckert, The Empire of Cotton: A Global History (2015). Matthew Karp, This Vast Southern Empire: Slaveholders at the Helm of American Foreign Policy (2016).Angela Alonso, The Last Abolition: The Brazilian Antislavery Movement, 1868-1888 (2021).Greg Downs, The Second American Revolution: The Civil War-Era Struggle Over Cuba and the Rebirth of the American Republic (2019).Teresa Cribelli, Industrial Forests and Mechanical Marvels: Modernization in Nineteenth-Century Brazil (2016). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The United States and Brazil share the distinction of being the last places in the Americas to emancipate slaves. The Emancipation Proclamation (1863) and Fourteenth Amendment (1865) accomplished this in the U.S. and the Golden Law in Brazil did the same in 1888, although emancipation occurred gradually there over three decades. Roberto Saba calls the experience "the American Mirror" and argues that it can tell us a great deal about the hemisphere, the industrialization of American economies, and the growth of a new order.Essential Reading:<a href="https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691190747/american-mirror" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Roberto Saba, American Mirror: The United States and Brazil in the Age of Emancipation (2021).</a>Recommended Reading:<a href="https://uncpress.org/book/9780807848401/the-brazilian-empire/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Emilia Viotti da Costa, The Brazilian Empire: Myths and Histories (2000).</a><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/10461/empire-of-cotton-by-sven-beckert/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Sven Beckert, The Empire of Cotton: A Global History (2015). </a><a href="https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674737259" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Matthew Karp, This Vast Southern Empire: Slaveholders at the Helm of American Foreign Policy (2016).</a><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/last-abolition/9B7356DED946BE481BE3CBE0C19D7FF6" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Angela Alonso, The Last Abolition: The Brazilian Antislavery Movement, 1868-1888 (2021).</a><a href="https://uncpress.org/book/9781469652733/the-second-american-revolution/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Greg Downs, The Second American Revolution: The Civil War-Era Struggle Over Cuba and the Rebirth of the American Republic (2019).</a><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/industrial-forests-and-mechanical-marvels/7EBBFF40C0D570383C9E26A4BAD27616" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Teresa Cribelli, Industrial Forests and Mechanical Marvels: Modernization in Nineteenth-Century Brazil (2016).</a> See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

The American Mirror

Megan Kate Nelson takes us on a journey to Yellowstone, the first national park and a site of iconic western beauty. From the scientific surveys that explored the park's geysers, to the railroad expansion through Native American territory, Dr. Nelson's book paints a vivid portrait of the place. Join us for a conversation about the American environment, economic panics, landscape photography, and how to write narrative history. Essential Reading:Megan Kate Nelson, Saving Yellowstone: Exploration and Preservation in Reconstruction America (2022).Recommended Reading:Ferdinand V. Hayden, “The Wonders of the West II. More about the Yellowstone,” Scribner’s Monthly (February 1872): 388-396. Thomas Moran, The Grand Cañon of the Yellowstone (1872).Ernie LaPointe, Sitting Bull: His Life and Legacy (2009).M. John Lubetkin, Jay Cooke’s Gamble: The Northern Pacific Railroad, The Sioux, and the Panic of 1873 (2006).Heather Cox Richardson, West from Appomattox: The Reconstruction of America after the Civil War (2007).Mark David Spence, Dispossessing the Wilderness: Indian Removal and the Making of the National Parks (2000). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Megan Kate Nelson takes us on a journey to Yellowstone, the first national park and a site of iconic western beauty. From the scientific surveys that explored the park's geysers, to the railroad expansion through Native American territory, Dr. Nelson's book paints a vivid portrait of the place. Join us for a conversation about the American environment, economic panics, landscape photography, and how to write narrative history. Essential Reading:<a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Saving-Yellowstone/Megan-Kate-Nelson/9781982141332" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Megan Kate Nelson, Saving Yellowstone: Exploration and Preservation in Reconstruction America (2022).</a>Recommended Reading:<a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hnyb6x&amp;view=1up&amp;seq=400&amp;skin=2021" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Ferdinand V. Hayden, “The Wonders of the West II. More about the Yellowstone,” Scribner’s Monthly (February 1872): 388-396.</a> <a href="https://www.nps.gov/articles/thomas-moran.htm" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Thomas Moran, The Grand Cañon of the Yellowstone (1872).</a><a href="https://books.google.ie/books/about/Sitting_Bull.html?id=w2VMQ5gQInkC&amp;source=kp_book_description&amp;redir_esc=y" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Ernie LaPointe, Sitting Bull: His Life and Legacy (2009).</a><a href="https://www.oupress.com/9780806144689/jay-cookes-gamble/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">M. John Lubetkin, Jay Cooke’s Gamble: The Northern Pacific Railroad, The Sioux, and the Panic of 1873 (2006).</a><a href="https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300136302/west-appomattox/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Heather Cox Richardson, West from Appomattox: The Reconstruction of America after the Civil War (2007).</a><a href="https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195142433.001.0001/acprof-9780195142433" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Mark David Spence, Dispossessing the Wilderness: Indian Removal and the Making of the National Parks (2000).</a> See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

Saving Yellowstone

When you think of the artists of the Gilded Age, you might recall John Singer Sargent or James Abbott McNeill Whistler. But have you heard of Amalia Küssner? She painted royalty and robber barons, and became one of the era's most sought after artists. This week is an extra special treat as Kathleen Langone takes over the show. Kathleen is host of the People Hidden In History podcast, and Amalia Küssner features as one of those people she hopes to remind the world about. You can listen to an extended version of this episode on Kathleen's show.Kathleen has published several article, including with Boston Magazine and has appeared on television and radio related to her work on historic events in New England. Check out her podcast and should you wish to get in touch, her Twitter handle is: @phihpod.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

When you think of the artists of the Gilded Age, you might recall John Singer Sargent or James Abbott McNeill Whistler. But have you heard of Amalia Küssner? She painted royalty and robber barons, and became one of the era's most sought after artists. This week is an extra special treat as Kathleen Langone takes over the show. Kathleen is host of the <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/people-hidden-in-history/id1556933183" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">People Hidden In History</a> podcast, and Amalia Küssner features as one of those people she hopes to remind the world about. You can listen to an extended version of this episode on Kathleen's show.Kathleen has published several article, including with Boston Magazine and has appeared on television and radio related to her work on historic events in New England. Check out her podcast and should you wish to get in touch, her Twitter handle is: <a href="https://twitter.com/phihpod" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@phihpod</a>. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

The Art of Amalia Küssner

Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Jane Addams take center state in Neil Lanctot's latest book The Approaching Storm, an intimate look at America's decision to enter World War I. Lanctot's character-driven narrative takes the reader on transatlantic peace missions and a deep introspective about American values.Essential Reading:Neil Lanctot, The Approaching Storm: Roosevelt, Wilson, Addams and Their Clash over America's Future (2021).Neil Lanctot, "Biden, like Woodrow Wilson in WWI, treads a fine line in refusing to send troops to Ukraine," Chicago Tribune, 14 March 2022.Recommended Reading:John Milton Cooper, The Warrior and the Priest (1983).Kathleen Dalton, Theodore Roosevelt: A Strenuous Life (2002).Louise W. Knight, Citizen: Jane Addams and the Struggle for Democracy (2005). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Jane Addams take center state in Neil Lanctot's latest book The Approaching Storm, an intimate look at America's decision to enter World War I. Lanctot's character-driven narrative takes the reader on transatlantic peace missions and a deep introspective about American values.Essential Reading:<a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?k=neil+lanctot&amp;crid=3UI87H7OB7EKV&amp;sprefix=neil+lanctot%2Caps%2C166&amp;linkCode=ll2&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;linkId=5450a3659c24ae34442c6dd50c0c6765&amp;language=en_US&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Neil Lanctot, The Approaching Storm: Roosevelt, Wilson, Addams and Their Clash over America's Future (2021).</a><a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-ukraine-russia-invasion-wwi-biden-wilson-20220314-o6p5xaal55hjzbjjlhotbk7s2q-story.html?fbclid=IwAR2Bpuf-5kS2xQNISiqIwwmdT4tgUu_l_bk_SOcZ0Uwv9Kvs1shu4zuMFGM" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Neil Lanctot, "Biden, like Woodrow Wilson in WWI, treads a fine line in refusing to send troops to Ukraine," Chicago Tribune, 14 March 2022.</a>Recommended Reading:<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Warrior-Priest-Woodrow-Theodore-Roosevelt/dp/0674947509?crid=2EL0IIPLHBDF5&amp;keywords=john+milton+cooper+warrior+and+priest&amp;qid=1647619895&amp;sprefix=john+milton+cooper+warrior+and+priest%2Caps%2C127&amp;sr=8-2&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;linkId=18301aa0f150b9f786bd872db5e2fc65&amp;language=en_US&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">John Milton Cooper, The Warrior and the Priest (1983).</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Theodore-Roosevelt-Strenuous-Kathleen-Dalton-ebook/dp/B000XUBFWO?crid=1ZTYFN3U53T14&amp;keywords=Kathleen+Dalton%2C+Theodore+Roosevelt%3A+A+Strenuous+Life+%282002%29.&amp;qid=1647619922&amp;sprefix=kathleen+dalton%2C+theodore+roosevelt+a+strenuous+life+2002+.%2Caps%2C121&amp;sr=8-1&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;linkId=1c79d44e9726b23ded1af657a4cbfa4e&amp;language=en_US&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Kathleen Dalton, Theodore Roosevelt: A Strenuous Life (2002).</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Citizen-Jane-Addams-Struggle-Democracy/dp/0226447006?crid=OY0ALMD4YLAP&amp;keywords=Louise+W.+Knight%2C+Jane+Addams+and+the+struggle+for+democracy&amp;qid=1647619204&amp;sprefix=louise+w.+knight%2C+jane+addams+and+the+struggle+for+democracy%2Caps%2C190&amp;sr=8-1&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;linkId=59b9402a4a20298145b9261f7da976c2&amp;language=en_US&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Louise W. Knight, Citizen: Jane Addams and the Struggle for Democracy (2005).</a> See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

The Approaching Storm

Disaster relief became an instrument of U.S. foreign policy in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. The "progressive presidents" particularly utilized aid for American interests, sparking a trend. Prof. Julia Irwin joins me to discuss her upcoming book on this very topic.Essential Reading:Julia Irwin, Making the World Safe: The American Red Cross and a Nation's Humanitarian Awakening (2013).Julia Irwin, "Our Climatic Moment: Hazarding a History of the United States and the World," Diplomatic History 45, no. 3 (June 2021): 421-44.Recommended Reading:Cynthia Kierner, Inventing Disaster: The Culture of Calamity from the Jamestown Colony to the Johnstown Flood (2019). Ted Steinberg, Acts of God: The Unnatural History of Natural Disaster in America (2000).Olivier Zunz, Philanthropy in America: A History (2012).Heather Curtis, Holy Humanitarians: American Evangelicals and Global Aid (2018). William N. Tilchin, “Theodore Roosevelt, Anglo-American Relations, and the Jamaica Incident of 1907,” Diplomatic History 19, no. 3 (1995): 385-405   Salvatore LaGumina, The Great Earthquake: America Comes to Messina’s Rescue (2008). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Disaster relief became an instrument of U.S. foreign policy in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. The "progressive presidents" particularly utilized aid for American interests, sparking a trend. Prof. Julia Irwin joins me to discuss her upcoming book on this very topic.Essential Reading:<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0190610743/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0190610743&amp;linkId=4559dac11e3d3c3f77ecefa256fb2d9a" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Julia Irwin, Making the World Safe: The American Red Cross and a Nation's Humanitarian Awakening (2013).</a><a href="https://academic.oup.com/dh/article/45/3/421/6311879?login=true" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Julia Irwin, "Our Climatic Moment: Hazarding a History of the United States and the World," Diplomatic History 45, no. 3 (June 2021): 421-44.</a>Recommended Reading:<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/146965251X/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=146965251X&amp;linkId=bc56b7897ef1eb5322a861dd2fe1ddf3" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Cynthia Kierner, Inventing Disaster: The Culture of Calamity from the Jamestown Colony to the Johnstown Flood (2019). </a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0195309685/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0195309685&amp;linkId=0c76a673a36e404ce142d9d6f7ede386" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Ted Steinberg, Acts of God: The Unnatural History of Natural Disaster in America (2000).</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0691161208/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0691161208&amp;linkId=845bab175c5f6bfca1afb56922125e19" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Olivier Zunz, Philanthropy in America: A History (2012).</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07P9DQ1Q3/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B07P9DQ1Q3&amp;linkId=f5152ae9569b888f93261ad987131f1b" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Heather Curtis, Holy Humanitarians: American Evangelicals and Global Aid (2018). </a><a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/24912395" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">William N. Tilchin, “Theodore Roosevelt, Anglo-American Relations, and the Jamaica Incident of 1907,” Diplomatic History 19, no. 3 (1995): 385-405   </a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1934844063/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=1934844063&amp;linkId=1f436b221c77a35c6fab59397b3c6dfb" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Salvatore LaGumina, The Great Earthquake: America Comes to Messina’s Rescue (2008).</a> See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

Catastrophic Dipomacy

I spoke with Prof. Nelson the very day Russia invaded Ukraine and we talk about the history of the black paths that fed the world with bushels of grain, but also became the most fought over space in Eastern Europe. Scott's new book Oceans of Grain (Basic Books) is out this week and it couldn't have come at a better time to help us understand our world today.Essential Reading:Scott Reynolds Nelson, Oceans of Grain: How American Wheat Remade the World (2022).Recommended Reading:Neal Ascherson, The Black Sea (1996).Bettany Hughes, Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities (2017).Avner Offer, The First World War: An Agrarian Interpretation (1989).Vaclav Smil, Creating the Twentieth Century: Technical Innovations of 1867-1914 and their Lasting Impact (2004). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

I spoke with Prof. Nelson the very day Russia invaded Ukraine and we talk about the history of the black paths that fed the world with bushels of grain, but also became the most fought over space in Eastern Europe. Scott's new book Oceans of Grain (Basic Books) is out this week and it couldn't have come at a better time to help us understand our world today.Essential Reading:<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1541646460/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=1541646460&amp;linkId=14537ac6a96764b106abc08b19235726" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Scott Reynolds Nelson, Oceans of Grain: How American Wheat Remade the World (2022).</a>Recommended Reading:<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0809015935/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0809015935&amp;linkId=82191d70c2e69c11eb5b3078a0bbe701" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Neal Ascherson, The Black Sea (1996).</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075G224N4/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B075G224N4&amp;linkId=75031747ecf40069493cdea27b1341bd" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Bettany Hughes, Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities (2017).</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0198202792/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0198202792&amp;linkId=d04cf1accfc712dbe182182ca39bbfd1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Avner Offer, The First World War: An Agrarian Interpretation (1989).</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0195168747/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0195168747&amp;linkId=7139d2bb00fde98f1ca4ea5ea4fd08b4" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Vaclav Smil, Creating the Twentieth Century: Technical Innovations of 1867-1914 and their Lasting Impact (2004).</a> See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

Oceans of Grain: Wheat, Russia, Ukraine, and the U.S.

The Gilded Age and Progressive Era is a free podcast about the seismic transitions that took place in the United States from the 1870s to 1920s. It's for students, teachers, researchers, history buffs, and anyone who wants to learn more about how our past connects us to the present. It is hosted by Michael Patrick Cullinane, a professor of U.S. history and the author of several books about American politics and international relations.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

European imperialism had an influence on American policy makers, changing the way they thought about overseas colonization and building a new world order. Prof. Andrew Priest joins the show to discuss his latest book Designs on Empire: America's Rise to Power in the Age of European Imperialism. Essential Reading:Andrew Priest, Designs on Empire: America's Rise to Power in the Age of European Imperialism (2021).Recommended Reading:Mary Ann Heiss, “The Evolution of the Imperial Idea and U.S. National Identity,” Diplomatic History 26 (October 2002): 511-540.A.G. Hopkins, American Empire: A Global History (2018)Michael H. Hunt, Ideology and U.S. Foreign Policy (2nd ed. 2009).Walter LaFeber, The New Empire: An Interpretation of American Expansion, 1860–1898 (Thirty-Fifth Anniversary edition, 1998)Frank Ninkovich, Global Dawn: The Cultural Foundation of American Internationalism, 1865-1890 (2009).Jay Sexton, The Monroe Doctrine: Empire and Nation in Nineteenth-Century America (2012). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

European imperialism had an influence on American policy makers, changing the way they thought about overseas colonization and building a new world order. Prof. Andrew Priest joins the show to discuss his latest book Designs on Empire: America's Rise to Power in the Age of European Imperialism. Essential Reading:<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0231197454/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0231197454&amp;linkId=513b00e0b33c1ed736dcc16a90b47a99" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Andrew Priest, Designs on Empire: America's Rise to Power in the Age of European Imperialism (2021).</a>Recommended Reading:<a href="https://academic.oup.com/dh/article-abstract/26/4/511/407454" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Mary Ann Heiss, “The Evolution of the Imperial Idea and U.S. National Identity,” Diplomatic History 26 (October 2002): 511-540.</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0753SH9Z3/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B0753SH9Z3&amp;linkId=79679b96ae15515788f35f6ed0e84378" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">A.G. Hopkins, American Empire: A Global History (2018)</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/030013925X/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=030013925X&amp;linkId=a6dd16280e9b31b6fbae16b4d6b5c4a2" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Michael H. Hunt, Ideology and U.S. Foreign Policy (2nd ed. 2009)</a>.<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008UZ3WL6/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B008UZ3WL6&amp;linkId=b788c26a42abbf1d553cfa24aa42e60f" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Walter LaFeber, The New Empire: An Interpretation of American Expansion, 1860–1898 (Thirty-Fifth Anniversary edition, 1998)</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0674035046/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0674035046&amp;linkId=bcb4ddae1eb2e9f3d1c4dd5e4df80f0b" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Frank Ninkovich, Global Dawn: The Cultural Foundation of American Internationalism, 1865-1890 (2009)</a>.<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0809069997/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0809069997&amp;linkId=4986268333b5f371fb825be4d3056406" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Jay Sexton, The Monroe Doctrine: Empire and Nation in Nineteenth-Century America (2012).</a> See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

Designs on Empire

Professor Clive Webb tells the story of Lord Gordon Gordon, a impostor and fraud that stole millions from railroad tycoon Jay Gould. The theft also sparked a diplomatic row between the United States and Canada that nearly led to war.This story first appeared in Canada's History and the publishers have kindly allowed us to reproduce the story with Clive as the narrator. Please visit their website: https://www.canadahistory.ca/ or you can find the original article here: https://canadas-history.myshopify.com/collections/canadas-history-back-issues/products/december-2021-january-2022Many thanks to Fesliyan Studios for the free background music. You can find royalty-free tracks at their website: https://www.fesliyanstudios.com or their YouTube pages: https://www.youtube.com/user/fesliyanstudios See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Professor Clive Webb tells the story of Lord Gordon Gordon, a impostor and fraud that stole millions from railroad tycoon Jay Gould. The theft also sparked a diplomatic row between the United States and Canada that nearly led to war.This story first appeared in Canada's History and the publishers have kindly allowed us to reproduce the story with Clive as the narrator. Please visit their website: <a href="https://www.canadahistory.ca/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.canadahistory.ca/</a> or you can find the original article here: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcanadas-history.myshopify.com%2Fcollections%2Fcanadas-history-back-issues%2Fproducts%2Fdecember-2021-january-2022&amp;data=04%7C01%7CMichael.Cullinane%40roehampton.ac.uk%7C25556d9b15f7488dac2f08d9b03c0c0b%7C5fe650635c3747fbb4cce42659e607ed%7C0%7C1%7C637734594225680850%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000&amp;sdata=SxPHezjvGAyCOKViuYUHq6JkWvP2ACRklAmNZ6YCpoI%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://canadas-history.myshopify.com/collections/canadas-history-back-issues/products/december-2021-january-2022</a>Many thanks to Fesliyan Studios for the free background music. You can find royalty-free tracks at their website: <a href="https://www.fesliyanstudios.com" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.fesliyanstudios.com</a> or their YouTube pages: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/fesliyanstudios" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/user/fesliyanstudios</a> See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

Special Episode: Laird on the Lam

This week we hear from early career scholars about cutting-edge research and research. Aroop Mukharji will talk with me about the War of 1898 and presidential decision-making; Chelsea Gibson will share teaching innovations and her work on Russian-American activism; and Alex Bryne discusses the birth of aviation and its effect on Pan-Americanism. Please take some time to read their publications!Essential Reading:Aroop Mukharji, "What One Word Teaches Us about the Uncertainty of American Empire," War on the Rocks (February 12, 2021).Chelsea C. Gibson, "The John Browns of St. Petersburg: Former Abolitionists and Russian Terrorism in the Late 19th Century," OAH Presentation (2020).Alex Bryne, "The Potential of Flight: U.S. Aviation and Pan-Americanism During the Early Twentieth Century," 19, no. 1 (January 2020): 48-76. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we hear from early career scholars about cutting-edge research and research. Aroop Mukharji will talk with me about the War of 1898 and presidential decision-making; Chelsea Gibson will share teaching innovations and her work on Russian-American activism; and Alex Bryne discusses the birth of aviation and its effect on Pan-Americanism. Please take some time to read their publications!Essential Reading:<a href="https://warontherocks.com/2021/02/what-one-word-teaches-us-about-the-uncertainty-of-american-empire/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Aroop Mukharji, "What One Word Teaches Us about the Uncertainty of American Empire," War on the Rocks (February 12, 2021).</a><a href="https://www.academia.edu/42843799/OAH_2020_Presentation_The_John_Browns_of_St_Petersburg_Former_Abolitionists_and_Russian_Terrorism_in_the_Late_19th_Century" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Chelsea C. Gibson, "The John Browns of St. Petersburg: Former Abolitionists and Russian Terrorism in the Late 19th Century," OAH Presentation (2020).</a><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-gilded-age-and-progressive-era/article/abs/potential-of-flight-us-aviation-and-panamericanism-during-the-early-twentieth-century/800B5B4271F1C1E9863571E8511D26D1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Alex Bryne, "The Potential of Flight: U.S. Aviation and Pan-Americanism During the Early Twentieth Century," 19, no. 1 (January 2020): 48-76.</a> See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

Early Career Scholars Showcase

George Hearst

Prospector, tycoon, westerner, politician, father, and husband, George Hearst was a man of his time and as Matthew Bernstein relates, an part of the Gilded Age. In his biography, Bernstein traces Hearst's life from his Missouri childhood to the booms and busts of his mining career. As the father of William Randolph Hearst, George left quite a legacy.Essential Reading:Matthew Bernstein, George Hearst: Silver King of the Gilded Age (2021).Recommended Reading:David Nasaw, The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst (2000).W. A. Swanberg, Citizen Hearst: A Biography of William Randolph Hearst (1963).Judith Robinson, The Hearsts: An American Dynasty (1991).Alexandra Nickless, Phoebe Apperson Hearst: A Life of Power and Politics (2018). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Prospector, tycoon, westerner, politician, father, and husband, George Hearst was a man of his time and as Matthew Bernstein relates, an part of the Gilded Age. In his biography, Bernstein traces Hearst's life from his Missouri childhood to the booms and busts of his mining career. As the father of William Randolph Hearst, George left quite a legacy.Essential Reading:<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0806169354/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0806169354&amp;linkId=d5beb25d5fea3afe8f876d57cf1ea0e5" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Matthew Bernstein, George Hearst: Silver King of the Gilded Age (2021).</a>Recommended Reading:<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0618154469/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0618154469&amp;linkId=a38c2363aeda925946f2225eacf6db35" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">David Nasaw, The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst (2000).</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0883659700/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0883659700&amp;linkId=dff55cc68a2a81716f58ab48aae3928c" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">W. A. Swanberg, Citizen Hearst: A Biography of William Randolph Hearst (1963).</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0874133831/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0874133831&amp;linkId=baea32fce9fc2bd917d0185ed4f92c5a" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Judith Robinson, The Hearsts: An American Dynasty (1991).</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1496202279/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=1496202279&amp;linkId=16cd37ed4f5be9d90103addbcf256f6e" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Alexandra Nickless, Phoebe Apperson Hearst: A Life of Power and Politics (2018).</a> See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

The Silver King George Hearst

Over the last five years, many confederate statues have come down. Professor Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders joins the show to explain why they went up in the first place. Commemoration of the confederacy offers a great insight into the politics of race in the American South and the enduring myth of the Lost Cause. So many statues go up in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era that we could (with tongues-in-cheek) consider re-naming the period the Age of Confederate Memorials. Why? Who advocated for their erection? And what do these statues say about the past and today?Essential Reading:Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders, "Removing Lost Cause Monuments is the First Step in Dismantling White Supremacy," Washington Post, 19 June 2020.Recommended Reading:Karen L. Cox, Dixie's Daughters: The United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Preservation of Confederate Culture (2019).David Blight, Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory (2001).Caroline E. Janney, Remembering the Civil War: Reunion and the Limits of Reconciliation (2016).Adam H. Donby, The False Cause: Fraud, Fabrication, and White Supremacy in Confederate Memory (2020).Thavolia Glymph, "Liberty Dearly Bought: The Making of Civil War Memory in Afro-American Communities in the South" in Payne and Green (eds.), Time Longer than Rope: A Century of African American Activism, 1850-1950 (2003).Gary Young, "Why Every Single Statue Should Come Down," Guardian, 1 June 2021. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Over the last five years, many confederate statues have come down. Professor Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders joins the show to explain why they went up in the first place. Commemoration of the confederacy offers a great insight into the politics of race in the American South and the enduring myth of the Lost Cause. So many statues go up in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era that we could (with tongues-in-cheek) consider re-naming the period the Age of Confederate Memorials. Why? Who advocated for their erection? And what do these statues say about the past and today?Essential Reading:<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/06/19/dismantling-lost-cause-monuments-is-needed-first-step/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders, "Removing Lost Cause Monuments is the First Step in Dismantling White Supremacy," Washington Post, 19 June 2020.</a>Recommended Reading:<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0813064139/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0813064139&amp;linkId=2dc58a515381e97bcd7487bfaafc3f24" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Karen L. Cox, Dixie's Daughters: The United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Preservation of Confederate Culture (2019).</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0674008197/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0674008197&amp;linkId=595e1d36c4808dfeff5cbde80d9921ba" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">David Blight, Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory (2001).</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1469629895/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=1469629895&amp;linkId=f6bb05c7a1ea674c3cee50667bbf6856" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Caroline E. Janney, Remembering the Civil War: Reunion and the Limits of Reconciliation (2016).</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0813943760/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0813943760&amp;linkId=4403ccb40520e835a1ea575bc91e3755" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Adam H. Donby, The False Cause: Fraud, Fabrication, and White Supremacy in Confederate Memory (2020).</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0814767036/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0814767036&amp;linkId=3eb68e5653610aaf4744da17f30ab861" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Thavolia Glymph, "Liberty Dearly Bought: The Making of Civil War Memory in Afro-American Communities in the South" in Payne and Green (eds.), Time Longer than Rope: A Century of African American Activism, 1850-1950 (2003).</a><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/jun/01/gary-younge-why-every-single-statue-should-come-down-rhodes-colston" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Gary Young, "Why Every Single Statue Should Come Down," Guardian, 1 June 2021.</a> See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

Confederate Monuments in the Gilded Age

Theodore Roosevelt

It had to happen: an episode about Theodore Roosevelt. I'm surprised it took ten episodes to get here! Prof. Benjamin Wetzel and I double as interviewer and interviewee in a conversation about our recent books about Roosevelt. Ben's explores TR's religiousity, a new vein of research that has been overlooked. My book shares new sources for the first time. Both depict TR in unique treatments.Essential Reading:Benjamin Wetzel, Theodore Roosevelt: Preaching from the Bully Pulpit (2021).Michael Patrick Cullinane, Remembering Theodore Roosevelt (2021).Recommended Reading:Christian F. Reisner, Roosevelt's Religion (1922).Kathleen Flake, The Politics of American Religious Identity: The Seating of Senator Reed Smoot, Mormon Apostle (2004).Stacy A. Cordery, Alice: Alice Roosevelt Longworth, from White House Princess to Washington Power Broker (2008).Hermann Hagedorn, The Roosevelt Family of Sagamore Hill (1954). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It had to happen: an episode about Theodore Roosevelt. I'm surprised it took ten episodes to get here! Prof. Benjamin Wetzel and I double as interviewer and interviewee in a conversation about our recent books about Roosevelt. Ben's explores TR's religiousity, a new vein of research that has been overlooked. My book shares new sources for the first time. Both depict TR in unique treatments.Essential Reading:<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0198865805/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0198865805&amp;linkId=402ce91e23439598449a0f9952acb5e7" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Benjamin Wetzel, Theodore Roosevelt: Preaching from the Bully Pulpit (2021).</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/3030692957/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=3030692957&amp;linkId=6d0794033b61264191f55f74fd44969f" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Michael Patrick Cullinane, Remembering Theodore Roosevelt (2021).</a>Recommended Reading:<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1340276453/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=1340276453&amp;linkId=b20e83a8c65c7de0a5d77a7f2538143d" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Christian F. Reisner, Roosevelt's Religion (1922).</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0807855014/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0807855014&amp;linkId=ec01c141ca0c53eca389d5df304fb5fe" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Kathleen Flake, The Politics of American Religious Identity: The Seating of Senator Reed Smoot, Mormon Apostle (2004).</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143114271/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0143114271&amp;linkId=d2d5bf7a982f9c4518cc9468b3a11a62" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Stacy A. Cordery, Alice: Alice Roosevelt Longworth, from White House Princess to Washington Power Broker (2008).</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0025473506/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0025473506&amp;linkId=091aecb17af81987fe954d4147c54d0e" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Hermann Hagedorn, The Roosevelt Family of Sagamore Hill (1954).</a> See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

Theodore Roosevelt Double Bill - Religion and Memory

How did Americans celebrate Christmas in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era? This episode has a festive feel as I ask Thomas Ruys Smith about his new book Christmas Past: An Anthology of Seasonal Stories from Nineteenth Century America. We'll talk about household names such as Charles Dickens, Louisa May Alcott, and Harriet Beecher Stowe, as well as stories you may have never heard from slaves, immigrants, Native Americans, and non-Christians.Essential Reading:Thomas Ruys Smith, Christmas Past: An Anthology of Seasonal Stories from Nineteenth Century America (2021).Recommended Reading:Penn Restad, Christmas in America: A History (1995).Stephen Nissenbaum, The Battle for Christmas: A Social and Cultural History of Our Most Cherished Holiday (1997).Karal Ann Marling, Merry Christmas! Celebrating America's Greatest Holiday (2000).Tara Moore, Victorian Christmas in Print (2009).Robert May, Yuletide in Dixie: Slavery, Christmas, and Southern Memory (2019). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How did Americans celebrate Christmas in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era? This episode has a festive feel as I ask Thomas Ruys Smith about his new book Christmas Past: An Anthology of Seasonal Stories from Nineteenth Century America. We'll talk about household names such as Charles Dickens, Louisa May Alcott, and Harriet Beecher Stowe, as well as stories you may have never heard from slaves, immigrants, Native Americans, and non-Christians.Essential Reading:<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0807176087/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0807176087&amp;linkId=a1878b7914912bce083d8922c06063ec" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Thomas Ruys Smith, Christmas Past: An Anthology of Seasonal Stories from Nineteenth Century America (2021).</a>Recommended Reading:<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0195109805/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0195109805&amp;linkId=ccf4f47a9d7b9e53f9ff694acb9b0bbf" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Penn Restad, Christmas in America: A History (1995).</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0679740384/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0679740384&amp;linkId=1397bc93cd0bc33280ce2270d917335a" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Stephen Nissenbaum, The Battle for Christmas: A Social and Cultural History of Our Most Cherished Holiday (1997).</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0674006798/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0674006798&amp;linkId=de420a0640f191747af5e675d1b5d4a3" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Karal Ann Marling, Merry Christmas! Celebrating America's Greatest Holiday (2000).</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1349379972/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=1349379972&amp;linkId=9d839fbe20f35366f477cbd1401b3d7b" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Tara Moore, Victorian Christmas in Print (2009).</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0813945100/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0813945100&amp;linkId=1c68933e04ddfb36e6c83dae2b3d687c" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Robert May, Yuletide in Dixie: Slavery, Christmas, and Southern Memory (2019).</a> See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

Christmas Past

What is a Rotary Club? Who is a Rotarian? The answer might surprise you. This club has over 35,000 offices around the world, in almost every country. It began in 1905 in Chicago, and its history tells the story of American capitalism, racism, gender bias, and class identity. Independent scholar Brendan Goff talks with me about his new book Rotary International and the Selling of American Capitalism, an extensively researched book and a deep dive on the organization.Essential Reading:Brendan Goff, Rotary International and the Selling of American Capitalism (2021).Recommended Reading:Maureen A. Flanagan, Seeing with Their Hearts: Chicago Women and the Vision of the Good City, 1871-1933 (2002).Paul A. Kramer, “Embedding Capital: Political-Economic History, the United States and the World,” Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era 15 (July 2016): 331-362.Roland Marchand, Creating the Corporate Soul: The Rise of Public Relations and Corporate Imagery in American Big Business (1998).Khalil Muhammed, The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America (2010).Peter James Hudson, Bankers and Empire: How Wall Street Colonized the Caribbean (2017). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What is a Rotary Club? Who is a Rotarian? The answer might surprise you. This club has over 35,000 offices around the world, in almost every country. It began in 1905 in Chicago, and its history tells the story of American capitalism, racism, gender bias, and class identity. Independent scholar Brendan Goff talks with me about his new book Rotary International and the Selling of American Capitalism, an extensively researched book and a deep dive on the organization.Essential Reading:<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0674989791/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0674989791&amp;linkId=72d8a802f8e49c60e049096093940ece" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Brendan Goff, Rotary International and the Selling of American Capitalism (2021).</a>Recommended Reading:<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0691095396/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0691095396&amp;linkId=3228fdd642f4d6457e44ddb7a07e11b3" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Maureen A. Flanagan, Seeing with Their Hearts: Chicago Women and the Vision of the Good City, 1871-1933 (2002).</a><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-gilded-age-and-progressive-era/article/abs/embedding-capital-politicaleconomic-history-the-united-states-and-the-world/041020A971D7EFC93D1760E80E7C1F58" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Paul A. Kramer, “Embedding Capital: Political-Economic History, the United States and the World,” Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era 15 (July 2016): 331-362.</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0520087194/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0520087194&amp;linkId=2bf6c581734596e27fc528cb6653e6a5" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Roland Marchand, Creating the Corporate Soul: The Rise of Public Relations and Corporate Imagery in American Big Business (1998).</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0674238141/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0674238141&amp;linkId=1f49606bb8197342b0296b69ddd15725" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Khalil Muhammed, The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America (2010).</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/022659811X/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=022659811X&amp;linkId=624c205994981a47443ecffb899cb986" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Peter James Hudson, Bankers and Empire: How Wall Street Colonized the Caribbean (2017).</a> See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

Rotary Clubs and the Culture of Capitalism

The Philippine Revolution is a seminal moment in global history that we too often view through the lens of American expansion and racial ideologies. Dr. Nicole CuUnjieng Aboitiz, author of Asian Place, Filipino Nation, offers a new way to think about the revolution in the context of Japanese ascendancy and Asian ideas of race. In doing so, we see how the Philippine Revolution became central to South East Asian anti-colonial movements. More than any other episode, this one pushes listeners to re-center our perspective on the Global South in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era.Essential Reading:Nicole CuUnjieng Aboitiz, Asian Place, Filipino Nation (2020).Additional Reading:Reynaldo Ileto, Pasyon and Revolution: Popular Movements in the Philippines, 1840-1910 (1997).Rebecca Karl, Staging the World: Chinese Nationalism at the Turn of the Twentieth Century (2002).Cemil Aydin, The Politics of Anti-Westernism in Asia: Visions of World Order in Pan-Islamic and Pan-Asian Thought (2007). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Philippine Revolution is a seminal moment in global history that we too often view through the lens of American expansion and racial ideologies. Dr. Nicole CuUnjieng Aboitiz, author of Asian Place, Filipino Nation, offers a new way to think about the revolution in the context of Japanese ascendancy and Asian ideas of race. In doing so, we see how the Philippine Revolution became central to South East Asian anti-colonial movements. More than any other episode, this one pushes listeners to re-center our perspective on the Global South in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era.Essential Reading:<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0231192150/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0231192150&amp;linkId=4ecbdd2107c8547d0db4736398769167" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Nicole CuUnjieng Aboitiz, Asian Place, Filipino Nation (2020).</a>Additional Reading:<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/9715502326/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=9715502326&amp;linkId=d69e0e9e17a74fe5e6e46eb9ff88518a" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Reynaldo Ileto, Pasyon and Revolution: Popular Movements in the Philippines, 1840-1910 (1997).</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0822328674/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0822328674&amp;linkId=4b2ed8dbcbae9a0ce4ea441d39c8c7d6" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Rebecca Karl, Staging the World: Chinese Nationalism at the Turn of the Twentieth Century (2002).</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0231137796/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0231137796&amp;linkId=79d8a79fa532424ac6e58bb81933456d" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Cemil Aydin, The Politics of Anti-Westernism in Asia: Visions of World Order in Pan-Islamic and Pan-Asian Thought (2007).</a> See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

Asian Place, Filipino Nation: Changing Perspectives

After the Civil War, citizenship increased, and yet voter turnout decreased. Why? Jon Grinspan joins the show to discuss his latest book The Age of Acrimony: How American Fought to Fix Their Democracy. As a curator at the National Museum of American History (Smithsonian), Jon is uniquely placed to discuss the historical parallels to American politics today.Essential Reading:Jon Grinspan, The Age of Acrimony: How American Fought to Fix Their Democracy (2021).Additional Reading:Richard Franklin Bensel, The American Ballot Box in the Mid-Nineteenth Century (2004).Rebecca Edwards, Angels in the Machinery: Gender in American Party Politics from the Civil War to the Progressive Era (1997).Joanne Freeman, The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War (2018).Mark Lawrence Kornbluh, Why American Stopped Voting: The Decline of Participatory Democracy and the Emergence of Modern American Politics (2000).Michael E. McGerr, The Decline of Popular Politics, The American North 1865-1928 (1986).Mark Wahlgren Summers, Party Games: Getting, Keeping, and Using Power in Gilded Age Politics (2004). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

After the Civil War, citizenship increased, and yet voter turnout decreased. Why? Jon Grinspan joins the show to discuss his latest book The Age of Acrimony: How American Fought to Fix Their Democracy. As a curator at the National Museum of American History (Smithsonian), Jon is uniquely placed to discuss the historical parallels to American politics today.Essential Reading:<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1635574625/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=1635574625&amp;linkId=9856590c13cb9ff082f7f3aafc27e614" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Jon Grinspan, The Age of Acrimony: How American Fought to Fix Their Democracy (2021).</a>Additional Reading:<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/052153786X/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=052153786X&amp;linkId=2dc325c40e53e996f173d51f03597a8b" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Richard Franklin Bensel, The American Ballot Box in the Mid-Nineteenth Century (2004).</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0195116968/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0195116968&amp;linkId=d0980e644b73fa6bc339065754366cbf" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Rebecca Edwards, Angels in the Machinery: Gender in American Party Politics from the Civil War to the Progressive Era (1997).</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1250234581/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=1250234581&amp;linkId=eb16bc77374a7e44ce5fea9546b12037" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Joanne Freeman, The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War (2018).</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0814747086/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0814747086&amp;linkId=5a2d458228450410eee0ae9a345f52b9" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Mark Lawrence Kornbluh, Why American Stopped Voting: The Decline of Participatory Democracy and the Emergence of Modern American Politics (2000).</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0195054245/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0195054245&amp;linkId=abda2c0c29cd72053374a894fa0a8df0" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Michael E. McGerr, The Decline of Popular Politics, The American North 1865-1928 (1986).</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0807855375/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0807855375&amp;linkId=6c7cb3d9c5cf7ebd2b12eb95a3f27848" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Mark Wahlgren Summers, Party Games: Getting, Keeping, and Using Power in Gilded Age Politics (2004).</a> See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

The Age of Acrimony

The Gilded Age and Progressive Era is a free podcast about the seismic transitions that took place in the United States from the 1870s to 1920s. It's for students, teachers, researchers, history buffs, and anyone who wants to learn more about how our past connects us to the present. It is hosted by Michael Patrick Cullinane, a professor of U.S. history and the author of several books about American politics and international relations.  See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

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