Candidate, eugene debs. This is a class at columbia university, of course i called the american radical tradition, and we started with the American Revolution and have been going through the Abolitionist Movement, early feminism, the civil war reconstruction, labor conflict and the gilded age, the populist movement, and now we are sort of entering into the 20th century and in the next couple of weeks, we will look at the progressive era, a period of, a lot of labor unrest, Industrial Workers of the world, the Womens Suffrage Movement coming to the four. Municipal reform, many other things, but today our subject is, the socialist party, the rise of socialism as a key element of american radicalism in new early 20th century. On our reading list, the chapter by michael kaizen gives a good quick summary on the various kinds of socialism at the time. From 1860 onward, there had been some kind of socialist presence in the United States, but largely confined to immigrants from europe, particu
Welcome back everybody, as you know weve been in the gilded age for sometime now, and weve already seen the Technological Innovations that made some of this economic expansion possible. We saw both the economic transformations and the effects of those changes in the economy, as far as lifestyle, both for the very rich, these opulent robber baron lifestyles on the one hand, and on the other hand of the very poor, whether it was the People Living in the shacks of the new england mill towns, or whether it was when we explored the gilded age city, the increasing problems of housing sanitation, that came with this rapid, and in many ways chaotic, growth of cities in the late 19th century. All of it accompanied, of course, my problem is going along immigration. And then last time, we saw in particular that there was some frustration with days new gilded age regime, as we talked about the farmers in this period. That lecture really could have been called discontent in the gilded age part one,
Reconstruction, labor conflict in the gilded age, the populist movement, and moving into the 20th century. In the next couple of weeks we will look at the progressive era, a period of the Industrial Workers, womens suffrage, municipal reform. Subjecty, our turnofthecentury all socialism, and there were many varieties, in some way or another derived from the thinking and writings of karl marx, although interpreted in different ways. One could give a whole course on marx, but what people learn is that first of all, history is the history of class struggle. The struggle between classes is the driving force of history. Claimed that under capitalism the society is being divided into two classes the working class and the bourgeoisie, or capitalist class. Production is, inevitably, being concentrated in fewer and fewer hands. The gaprations between the 1 and the 99 , the very rich and everyone else, would inevitably get wider and wider. Some of this resonates to the present day. 30 years of t
War . Not a whole lot. But her name does refer to a period in both american and european history that witnessed important and farreaching changes to american and european culture. The timeframe of victorian culture as we call it often coincides with her reign, years of 1837 to 1901, and particularly when someone talks about victorian culture in europe, if someone says victorian culture, they are likely referring to england, not necessarily america. Here in america is sometimes people take the view of victorian culture from the 1830s to about 1900 or so, but you can put that into in early and late. Because this is post civil war, we will state focus on the victorian culture in america that takes place after the civil war, after 1865, and we will run it up through the first years of the 20th century, to the 10 and even a little bit the teens. When we talk about victorian , particularlyrica after the civil war, we are looking at a society that has undergone a lot of changes because of tha
War . Not a whole lot. But her name does refer to a period in both american and european history that witnessed important and farreaching changes to american and european culture. The timeframe of victorian culture as we call it often coincides with her reign, years of 1837 to 1901, and particularly when someone talks about victorian culture in europe, if someone says victorian culture, they are likely referring to england, not necessarily america. Here in america is sometimes people take the view of victorian culture from the 1830s to about 1900 or so, but you can put that into in early and late. Because this is post civil war, we will state focus on the victorian culture in america that takes place after the civil war, after 1865, and we will run it up through the first years of the 20th century, to the 10 and even a little bit the teens. When we talk about victorian , particularlyrica after the civil war, we are looking at a society that has undergone a lot of changes because of tha