The attack remains the worst act of terrorism in San Francisco history. This is about 50 minutes. Well, good morning thanks for coming. I appreciate you all being here on a drizzly day at providence college. Today i wanted to share with you i think a story and a moment in American History that is one of the, for me, more important moments of the late 19th and early 20th century. Holds a lot of significance in the period of the guilded age and the progressive era. It also happens to be a the subject of my new book. I have been living and breathing in this period and in this moment. Dh is very significant for 1916 and really for the nation as i this ill try to make clear. So what ill do today is start by setting up the context of San Francisco in 1916 during the moment during this summer. And then ill spend time in really three parts talking about why its significant. And why its important to American History and our story. Let me begin by framing this story about this 1916 moment. Many
Going to talk a little bit about Civil Military relations. Last time we met we talked about the cold war and the development of containment. Korea was an unusual situation in that it had been a colony of japans since 1910, during the Second World War there was fighting in korea, the u. S. And the soviet union jointly occupied korea and they agreed to divide korea. Now, northern korea, that is what we call today north korea was very much communist influenced. Southern korea, which we now call south korea was a very different situation. With the assistance of the u. N. They sponsored elections in south korea and South Koreans elected a democratic government. North korea, however, wanted to unite under its terms and so it sent inser jents into south korea to try and overthrow that government and they failed to do so. Then, in january of 1950, the u. S. Secretary of state dean ach inson made a significant error. In a speech talking about the areas of influence and positions that were vital
Christian moral and standards. Thats what were going to talk about today the culture of the 1950s. Ever since historians have paid more attention to whats regarded as the 60s cultural rev lugds, really had its seeds planted. So i want to share what the victorian was like. The little piece i gave you from William Oneils book from america 1945 describes some of the cultural assumptions. But much like the term liberalism, victorianism was actually liberal in its day. It was really an advance upon earlier premodern cultural pattern. Much as liberalism in the 19th century was a progressive new saying and principles of the classic liberalism of the 1970s is considered progressive today. They were advanced or progressive with regard to old world or premodern. If you look at how basic things how families are formed over the course of a historic development, the oldfashioned or traditional way was arranged marriage. The victorians made that more consensual and voluntary. Children were allowed t
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Korean war and Civil Military relations. His class is about an hour. Today im going to talk about the korean war and were going to talk a little bit about Civil Military relations. Last time we met we talked about the cold war and the development of containment. Korea was an unusual situation in that it had been a colony of japans since 1910, during the Second World War there was fighting in korea, the u. S. And the soviet union jointly occupied korea and they agreed to divide korea. Now, northern korea, that is what we call today north korea was very much communist influenced. Southern korea, which we now call south korea was a very different situation. With the assistance of the u. N. They sponsored elections in south korea and South Koreans elected a democratic government. North korea, however, wanted to unite under its terms and so it sent inser jents into south korea to try and overthrow that government and they failed to do so. Then, in january of 1950, the u. S. Secretary of sta