Eastern time on cspan 3s American History tv. Each week, American History tvs reel america bring to archival films that helps tell the story of the 20th century. Shipbuilders of essex is a 1947 film documenting the design and construction of the saint rosalie, a 65foot wooden fishing trolley. Following progress from plans on paper to the launching ceremony, the handmade methods depicted in the films have changed little since the 19th century when essex, massachusetts, was the leading supplier of wooden sailing vessels for Atlantic Fishing communities. Exactly the right angle has to be drawn for every rib. Seen more than a score of ships launched at the yards. Handpicked the lumber for a ship. The grain and quality of every piece of wood is keenly estimated for its particular use before one pieces cut. Before one piece is cut. The keel is the backbone. From here on, your building up. A ship comes to life. The ribs, the whole is in place hull is in place. When you see the ribs lineup, yo
Who sought to improve industrial efficiency. This class is about an hour and 20 minutes. All right. Great. Hello, everybody. As you know, we will take up the topic in janay ring and worth as andrson engineering worth as a person. I put up here the cover of one of Theodore Dreisers novels, and what wee, have been considering is a kind of fictional assault, right . On the victorian moral order. Oks, inre dreiser for naturalistic fiction. In Theodore Dreisers case, in naturalistic fiction. He set his story, as you know, in the booming, bustling town of chicago. And to use chicago as a kind of character in this story, to look busts, thems, the travails of the characters in his novel. Just to summarize where we got we saw the workings of many things. Not just a story, but a kind of commentary on early 20thcentury Century America and especially urban industrial america. We saw the workings of a new economy. The novel espoused as a kind of allegory for capitalism and especially consumer cultu
Year 2000 and endowed by john w. Kluge. The Center Welcomes over 100 scholars every year to pursue Research Interests at one of the Worlds Largest libraries. Up next we speak with one of their 2014 fellows. Joining us on American History tv is kevin kim, a senior lecturer in history at vanderbilt university. What can you tell us about the book youre writing . It is mainly a political history of the cold war from the perspective of hemy wallace and Herbert Hoover. The full working title now is worlds unseen, Henry Wallace, Herbert Hoover, and the rise of cold war america. It really uses these two figures as vehicles for exploring what the cold war, how it felt, how it was experienced, how it was thought about as a very contested, vibrant, phenomenon. And it starts, you know, focuses on these two figures with their biographies, what made them tick, their upbringing, their early political careers, but the heart really focuses on their experiences first in world war ii because it is a pivo
Command talksal about the Naval Warfare in the American Revolution. He describes how ships in the colonies fought not just in the as far away as the Mediterranean Sea and the indian ocean. This event was sponsored by the society of cincinnati. It took lace at the engine house in washington dc. Good evening. My name is Kendall Casey and i am the Museum Education manager for the American Revolution institute and i am pleased to welcome you to anderson house. The American Revolution institute promotes the knowledge and appreciation of the achievement of american independence, for filling the aim of the Continental Army officers who founded the society in 1783. The institution supports advanced scholarships, conduct Public Programs, and makes Resources Available to teachers and students to enrich the understanding of the war of independence and to the principles of the men and women who secured the liberty of the american people. If you are not out our Public Program mailing list and would
Fellows. On americans history tv is kevin kim, senior lecturer in history at vanderbilt university. What can you tell us about the book you are writing . That is mainly a political and intellectual history of the cold war from the perspective of Henry Wallace and Herbert Hoover. Worldsking title is unseen, Henry Wallace, Herbert Hoover, and the rise of cold war america. It uses these figures as vehicles for exploring the cold war, how was experienced and thought about as a very contested, barbara phenomenon. It starts because its focused on these two figures, their biographies, what made them tick, their upbringing. Their political careers, but the heart of it focuses on their experiences first in world war ii, and because it is a pivotal event, how both men saw the cold war coming, and in the cold war focusing from its inception in ,ate world war ii of to vietnam which is when both men are in their later years and sadly passed away. What did worlds unseen mean in the context of the co