Reforms instituted to combat this discontent. He describes the tension between corporations, workers, and the government over issues such as working emissions which oftentimes lead to strikes. Welcome back, everybody. As you know, weve been in the guilded age for some time now. And weve already scene 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 lifestyles, both of the very rich, these opulent robert barren lifestyles on the one hand on 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 guild l age city, the increasing problems of housing and of sanitation that came with the cities going along with immigration. And then last time we saw in particular, there was some frustration with this guilded age regime as we talked about the farmers in this period.
Welcome back, everybody. As you know, weve been in the gilded age for some time now and weve already seen the Technological Innovations that made some of this economic expansion possible. We saw both the economic transformations and the affects of those changes in the economy as far as lifestyles, both of the very rich, these opulent, robert barren lifestyles and on the other hand 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 and of sanitation that came with this rapid and in many ways chaotic growth of the cities in the late 19th century. All of it, of course, accompanied by problems going along with immigration. And then last time we saw in particular there was some frustration with this 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. But today we
Expansion possible. We saw both the economic transformations and the effects of those changes on the economy as far as lifestyles, both for the very rich, these opulent robber baron lifestyles and also the very poor. Whether it was the People Living in the shacks of the new england mill towns or whether it was twhen the explored the gilded age city, he increasing problems of housing in the sanitation that came with this rapid and in many ways chaotic growth of the cities in the late 19th century. All of it accompanied by problems going along with immigration. Last time, we saw in particular there was some frustration with this new gilded age regime. As we talked about the farmers in this period. That lecture could have been called discontent in the gilded age part one. Today we turn our attention mostly back towards industry and in some ways back toward the cities as well. I want to look at different types of frustrations with this new order in america. We started with the song eight h
Cspan nearly 40 times and over the next five hourswere going to share some of those programs with you. First up tonight in 1993, Mister Buckley sat down to discuss a collection of his essays from his book happy days are here again. Here he is on cspans Interview Program from 1993, book notes. On the cover of your new book it says reflections of a libertarian journalist. Do you always call yourself a libertarian western mark. Off and on. As i of course do, its something called the movement was encouraged by me in National Review during the late 50s and the idea was to put out to the straight libertarians and conservatives how much they had in common and how effective this symbiosis would be between them. So from time to time i stressed the fact that every now and then that im a libertarian and in most of what i write theres a certain amount of it that is does not augment or diminish human liberty. Did i remember you saying maybe when you ran for mayor of new york that this may not be yo
Nonfiction books and authors. Cspan2 created by americas Cable Television companies of the Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. Beginning now on booktv we will spend time with the late author and columnist William F Buckley. This is part of our summer bins watch series which features one wellknown author. He found the National Review and help to the political Debate Program firing line for several years, also the author of 50 books which included his thoughts on politics, religion, culture, literature and other topics. He appeared on booktv and cspan at 45, we will share those programs with you. First up tonight, in 1993 Mister Buckley sat down to discuss the collection of his essays from his book happy days were here again. Here he is on cspans Interview Program from 1993 book notes. Cspan on the cover of your book it says reflections of a libertarian journalist. You always call yourself a libertarian . Guest as of course you know, something called the