Good morning. Hows everyone . Good, good, good. All right. So last time we were talking about the postcivil war south. 1865 to 1900 and the postcivil war west, that same time frame. Todays topic is called the gilded age. Roughly again, postcivil war up to 1900. But this lecture is really about america becoming an Industrial Power industrialization is going to be the key to understanding whats going on in the postcivil war north. Okay, ill explain the title gilded age in a few minutes because it has roots here in our own state of missouri. But to talk about america becoming an Industrial Power, there are certain sets of conditions that we need for that process to occur. For example, if youre going to become an Industrial Power, you need to have an abundance of Mineral Resources. Coal. Iron ore. Copper, tin, zinc. All kinds of things such as that. And whats fortunate for the United States is that we are blessed with all of those materials in our own country. Weve got huge pockets of coal
I thank you all for your conversation. Thank you for joining us. [inaudible conversations] [applause] this event was part of the harlem book festival. For more information visit us online at qbr. Com. You are watching booktv on cspan2. Here are some programs the lookout for this weekend. At 1 30 p. M. Eastern, booktv brings you the 20th annual collegiate summit here from several authors, including Stanley Kurtz and ryan anderson. For a complete schedule, please visit us online at booktv. Org. Tomorrow at noon, is your chance to talk to ben carson. Doctor ben carson is alive on sunday to answer your emails, calls, and tweets. Watch booktv all weekend long. For complete schedule visit booktv. Org. Welcome. Mark twain wrote about virginias territorial enterprise. Finally, welcome to the city that served as the headquarters of the virginia railroad. From 1869 through 1950 the railroad ram. Welcome to carson city on booktv. With the help of our Charter Communications cable partners, we brin
Silver was already going to the union cause because nevada was a territory. The oldest communities in nevada dating back to the first settlement, october 1851 in utah territorys valley. Welcome to the town of the Great American writers Samuel Clemens took the pen name mark twain in january 1863 while riding for the territorial enterprise. And, finally, welcome to the city that served as headquarters of the Virginia Railroad one of the countrys most famous short line railroads from 18691950. Welcome to carson city on booktv. With help of our Charter Communications cable partners, we bring you the capital of nevada, nestled in the valley of the sierra mountains. For the next 90 minutes we explore the history of the superstate with local authors and historians, beginning with guy rocha on Samuel Clemens, and his time in the nevada territory. Mark twain was a very young man when he was here in carson city. He arrived in 1861, 25, 26 years old. Very formative period in his life. And has the
Anything can be anywhere, cadillac jack. Another aspect of mark twain that i got into more recently is miniature books. All of the books in this cabinet have some tiein with mark twain. Theyre either, they were either a story about him or one of the stories that he wrote that was translated or, im sorry, not translated, but miniaturized. So this is a story to he wrote about the civil war called luck. And these are, these have bookplates in them from previous ownerrings. Some of this is owners. Some of these are famous people from the miniature book world. And the artwork is all miniaturized. And then its just illustrated and bound. Then this is an interesting one here, the little teenyweeny book. I dont know if i can get it out of there. Do you want to see that . Because im not sure, i think its by barbara rehal, and shes noted for doing the really smallest miniature books. And she does all this artwork by hand. And its actually got printing in it. You have to read it with a, like a 20
Autonomous zone. As for the seattle mayor who claims its just a block party, the president called her handling of the situation pathetic. Simple, we are not going to let seattle be occupied by anarchists. Have you talked to the mayor . No, but i got to see a performance that ive never seen. You think he was a weak person in minneapolis. The woman i dont know. Has she ever done this before . Its pathetic. We are not going to let this happen in seattle. We have to go in, we are going to go in. Let the governor do it. Hes got Great National guard troops. He couldnt do it. One way or the other, its going to get done. Sandra we have Fox Team Coverage for you, john roberts standing by at the white house but we begin with dan springer in Seattle Voorhis this morning. Seattle mayor jenny durkin has been silent on this issue for about three days but yesterday, i finally had a News Conference and amazingly spent most of her time attacking President Trump and playing to her base than talking abou