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,
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
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Chesapeake bay. Isnt it beautiful . Im on my way to the town of topping to hear all about a strange inheritance that was literally stuck in mud. My brother billy and i inherited our fathers oyster biz, which his father started farming in 1899. We didnt want them. The business was dead. Hoping we could bring it back to life. Hey, guys, im jamie. Hey. Im travis. This is my cousin ryan. Nice to meet you. How are you . Its absolutely gorgeous here. Before i crack open the croxton family story, you got to know a thing or two about oysters, which raw, baked, or fried have been a part of the north american seafood diet for thousands of years. I get the scoop from tommy leggett, a marine scientist and longtime commercial fisherman. So, were they always so popular . I mean, oysters are all the rage. Is that sudden . No, no, no. Native americans have been eating oysters forever, all around the Chesapeake Bay. Tommy tells me oysters were not a delicacy back then, but an everyday meal. When they f