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
Welcome back everybody, as you know weve been in the golden age for sometime now. We have already seen the Technological Innovations that have made some of this economic expansion possible. We saw about the economic transformations and the effects of those changes in the economy as far as lifestyles both of the very rich, these opulent robert baron lifestyles on the one hand and on the other hand on the very poor but it was the People Living shacks of the new england newtowns or whether it was when we explored the gilded age city, the increasing problems of housing that came with this rapid and in many ways, chaotic birth of the cities in the 19th century in all of it 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 talk about the farmers in this period. That lecture really couldve been called the discontent in the gilded age part one. Today, we turn our attention mostly back
Welcome to new perspectives and sources on the elaine massacre of 1919. The panel is devoted to advancing our understanding of the horrific series of events that began just over 100 years ago in which africanamericans were hunted down by a paranoid and enraged crowd of whites inside delta arkansas. I want to recognize first the work guy lancaster did in helping to organize this panel. Unfortunately he had to change his plans to join us and participate. All three of our scholars here on this panel are contributors to a book edited by guy lancaster and we are shamelessly plugging that right here. The the elaine massacre and arkansas a century of atrocity and resistance, 1819 to 1919. Full disclosure, im in there too. But this is not about me. I want to introduce all three of our panelists first, and they will each present for about 20, 25 minutes. And after that i will spend just a few minutes offering some thoughts designed to generate discussion. And then i will get out of the way and