You today by your television provider. And i come here tonight to the alsmith dinner knowing im the underdog in these final weeks. If you know where to look, there are signs of hope, theres signs of hope, even in the most unexpected places, even in this room, full of proud manhattan democrats, i cant i cant shake that feeling that some people here are pulling for me. Im delighted to see you here tonight, hillary. I was thrilled to get this invitation. And i feel right at home here because its often been said that i share the politics of alfred e. Smith and the ears of alfred e. Newman. It is an honor to be here with al smith. I obviously never knew your great grandfather but from everything that senator mccain has told me the two of them had a great time together before prohibition. So of course i am delighted. But not surprised by the final repeal of the 18th amendment. I felt all along that when this matter was properly submitted to the rank and file of our people they would readily
Now on American History tv, Cornell University history professor Lawrence Glickman describing how the modern concept of Free Enterprise formed in the 130s during the rise of the new deal. Professor in american studies in the department of history at cornell. In addition to Free Enterprise and American History in 1919, he has written four other books including buying power a history of consumer activism in america published in 2009 and a living wage, American Workers and the making of Consumer Society published in 1997. He writes on a regular basis for popular publications including the washington post, though im not sure we would call that a popular publication. The Boston Review and dissent. His article was named one of the, i quote, most loved essays in the Boston Review in 2018. Thank you. Thank you to rachel for all the behind the scenes work and, pete, and eric and christian and all of the organizations that helped make this possible. Im really grateful. Thanks for all of you comi
Series, saturday at 10 p. M. And sunday at 4 p. M. Eastern here on American History tv. Next, Cornell University history professor Lawrence Glickman describes how the modern concept of Free Enterprise formed in the 1930s during the rise of the new deal. He is the author of Free Enterprise an American History. Lawrence glickman is in the department of history at cornell. Enterprise to free in 2019, he has written for. Ther books he writes on a regular basis for publications including the Washington Post though i am not sure we would call that a popular publication. [laughter] with hisn review articles was named one of the most loved essays in the Boston Review in 2018. Thank you to rachel for the behindthescenes work and pete, eric, and christian and all organizations that make this possible. Thank you to all of you for coming out. I am honored by the size of this audience. No historian works alone. We stand on the shoulders of those who came before and i would like to begin by mentioni
Gilding so many objects obviously gave the great opulence but it is not gold. Gold. Is not pure as you look at the furnishings on the house, you see a lot of gilding. Gilding so many objects and architectural elements in your house gave you great opulence, but its not pure gold. It is on the surface. So, that sort of translates to the period where you have all this amazing wealth and power. But you dont have the european heritage behind it. So, these folks are creating an image of what they wished to be. We live in a democracy. You cannot be an aristocrat in america but you can live like one and live in a house that looks like you are one and dress like one. For balls and dinner parties and to ba person of leisure like someone from europe, from the aristocracy. The story of this house is a lot of that the gilded age story of people accumulating fabulous wealth and choosing to live, to model their lives on the people they are sort of fascinated by. Were at staatsburg state Historic Site
Gilding so many objects obviously gave the great opulence but it is not gold. Gold. Is not pure as you look at the furnishings on the house, you see a lot of gilding. Gilding so many objects and architectural elements in your house gave you great opulence, but its not pure gold. It is on the surface. So, that sort of translates to the period where you have all this amazing wealth and power. But you dont have the european heritage behind it. So, these folks are creating an image of what they wished to be. We live in a democracy. You cannot be an aristocrat in america but you can live like one and live in a house that looks like you are one and dress like one. For balls and dinner parties and to ba person of leisure like someone from europe, from the aristocracy. The story of this house is a lot of that the gilded age story of people accumulating fabulous wealth and choosing to live, to model their lives on the people they are sort of fascinated by. Were at staatsburg state Historic Site