election of 1876. republican candidate rutherford b. hayes defeated samuel j. tilden of new york by a singular electoral vote. good morning. i m sure all of you know this is the 150th anniversary of abraham lincoln s first inaugural. so it s very appropriate that we should be talking about a civil war, post-civil war topic today. it s a great pleasure to welcome to the forum and introduce a personal friend and colleague, michael holt. michael holt is the langborn m. williams professor of american history here at the university of virginia. mike was educated at princeton university and herearned his pht johns hopkins university. with time off at cambridge university, yale, stanford and other institutions, holt has been at the university of virginia since 1974. he s written widely and deeply about 19th century american political history. for many years his writing focused on the years before the civil war. his book, the political crisis of the 1950s has become the standard
tilden of new york by a singular electoral vote. good morning. i m sure all of you know this is the 150th anniversary of abraham lincoln s first inaugural. so it s very appropriate that we should be talking about a civil war, post-civil war topic today. it s a great pleasure to welcome to the forum and introduce a personal friend and colleague, michael holt. michael holt is the langborn m. williams professor of american history here at the university of virginia. mike was educated at princeton university and earned his phd at johns hopkins university. with time off at cambridge university, yale, stanford and other institutions, holt has been at the university of virginia since 1974. he s written widely and deeply about 19th century american political history. for many years his writing focused on the years before the civil war. his book, the political crisis of the 1950s has become the standard on the run-up to the civil war for advanced college political history courses.
american history here at the university of virginia. was educated at princeton university and earned his phd at john s ins university. his visiting for professorships and other institutions, holt has been at the university of virginia since 1974. he has written widely and deeply about 19th-century american political history. for many years, his writing focused on the years before the civil war. standardhas become the on the run up to the civil war for advanced college political history courses. book, the rise and fall of the american whig party, was the runner-up for the and was often described as magisterial and not just because of its 1296 page have to. recently, michael holt has written of the reconstruction period following the war. vote tells the story of america s closest presidential election which perhaps not coincidentally had the highest percentage of eligible voters participate of any presidential election. 81.5%. please welcome michael holt. thank you, george. u
reforms instituted to combat this discontent. he describes the tension between corporations, workers, and the government over issues such as working emissions which oftentimes lead to strikes. welcome back, everybody. as you know, we ve been in the guilded age for some time now. and we ve already scene 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 lifestyles, both of the very rich, these opulent robert barren lifestyles on the one hand on 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 guild l age city, the increasing problems of housing and of sanitation that came with the cities going along with immigration. and then last time we saw in particular, there was some frustration with this guilded age regime as we talked about the farmers
welcome back, everybody. as you know, we ve been in the gilded age for some time now and we ve 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.