Power and what kind of spaces and values would define the country. Remained very much in question. And so last class we talked about americas transition to capitalism. And we talked about how this Economic Transformation was linked to changes in the labor market in Banking Systems in the rise of corporations, and we looked at how these transformations were particularly affecting for young women like mary paul the worker in the lowell mills in the 1840s. So today were going to continue our conversation about how economic changes affected americas urban centers its cities and well examine how questions about the National Built Environment and access to Material Resources like goods land and money came to a head in americas growing urban landscapes both along the east coast in places that are familiar to us, but also in growing midwestern cities between the 1790s and into the 1830s so with these themes in mind i thought we could start off today with a little bit of a comparative story tha
Power and what kind of spaces and values would define the country. Remained very much in question. And so last class we talked about americas transition to capitalism. And we talked about how this Economic Transformation was linked to changes in the labor market in Banking Systems in the rise of corporations, and we looked at how these transformations were particularly affecting for young women like mary paul the worker in the lowell mills in the 1840s. So today were going to continue our conversation about how economic changes affected americas urban centers its cities and well examine how questions about the National Built Environment and access to Material Resources like goods land and money came to a head in americas growing urban landscapes both along the east coast in places that are familiar to us, but also in growing midwestern cities between the 1790s and into the 1830s so with these themes in mind i thought we could start off today with a little bit of a comparative story tha
Good afternoon everybody. Happy friday. I thought i would take some questions but first let me say a few words. This morning we learned that our economy created over 200,000 new jobs in july. Thats on top of about 300,000 new jobs in june. So we are now in a sixmonth streak with at least 200,000 new jobs each month. Thats the first time that has happened since 1997. Over the past year we have had more jobs than any year since 2006 and all told our businesses have created 9. 9 million new jobs over the past 53 months. Thats the longest streak of privatesector job creation in our history. And as we saw in wednesday the economy grew at a strong pace in the spring. Companies are investing, consumers are spending, American Manufacturing energy, technology autos all are booming. Thanks to the decisions we have made and the grid and resilience of the American People we have recovered faster and come farther from the recession than almost any other advanced country on earth. So the good news i
The anger, the anguish, the calls for justice. In the choke hold death of eric gardner. This is the scene in new york, large groups moving through different parts of the city. These are live pictures and the mispresence is enormous. Thousands are expected to gather on boston commons thats where the cities end will Christmas Tree lighting is being held tonight. The crowd then headed to city hall. And in washington, d. C. , protestors gathered, handed, marched to landmarks including the washington monument. But we begin in new york, paul is in Lower Manhattan with more, paul. Good evening john, i am here in folly square, this is the heart of new york citys municipal government familiar to people if you watched nypd but you have seen a lot of scenes here, just minutes ago, this scene was with packed with thousands of protestors, who then moved from here, escorted by police, toward the brooklyn bridge, this square competely emptied out, and the vast majority of those people proceeded peace
Power and what kind of spaces and values would define the country. Remained very much in question. And so last class we talked about americas transition to capitalism. And we talked about how this Economic Transformation was linked to changes in the labor market in Banking Systems in the rise of corporations, and we looked at how these transformations were particularly affecting for young women like mary paul the worker in the lowell mills in the 1840s. So today were going to continue our conversation about how economic changes affected americas urban centers its cities and well examine how questions about the National Built Environment and access to Material Resources like goods land and money came to a head in americas growing urban landscapes both along the east coast in places that are familiar to us, but also in growing midwestern cities between the 1790s and into the 1830s so with these themes in mind i thought we could start off today with a little bit of a comparative story tha