Episodios

  • Chapter 68: Industrialization Spreads East

    Chapter 68: Industrialization Spreads East
    Jun 3 2024
    In the mid-19th Century, two eastern empires were humiliated by industrialized powers. To avoid further humiliation, they both decided to industrialize themselves. In the late 19th Century, Russia and Japan went through rapid modernization. But which of the two succeeded would shock everyone, come 1905.

    In this episode, we will cover:
    • The emancipation of the serfs in Russia
    • The Witte System
    • Japanese proto-industrialization
    • The Meiji Restoration
    • And the Russo-Japanese War


    Be sure to check out the Warlords of History Podcast as well!
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    1 h y 24 m
  • Chapter 67 - The Iron Chancellor & Rise of Germany

    Chapter 67 - The Iron Chancellor & Rise of Germany
    Mar 4 2024
    The Second Industrial Revolution more or less coincided with the lifespan of the German Empire. From 1871 to 1914, the new nation adopted a fairly democratic constitution, saw massive population growth, and experienced extraordinary economic development. Along the way, they created innovative new goods and services, as well as worker protections unseen anywhere else in the world.

    It was largely thanks to the leadership of the Iron Chancellor, Otto von Bismarck. But after his fall from high politics, the empire redirected its gains toward militarization. And by 1918, that program would prove to be the empire’s doom.

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    1 h y 5 m
  • Chapter 66: The Revolt of Labor

    Chapter 66: The Revolt of Labor
    Dec 4 2023
    At the end of the 19th Century, workers throughout the world were fighting increasingly bitter, bloody battles against their capitalist bosses and the governments protecting them. In this episode, we will cover such topics as:
    • Worker internationalism
    • Paris Commune
    • The Great Upheaval of 1877
    • The Haymarket Massacre
    • The Homestead and Pullman strikes
    • The Belgian General Strike of 1893
    • And more!
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    1 h y 28 m
  • Chapter 65: Economic Ideas (The Many Schools of Socialism)

    Chapter 65: Economic Ideas (The Many Schools of Socialism)
    Sep 4 2023
    During the late 19th Century, socialism fractured into numerous schools. In this episode, we explore the growing field of socialist thought, as well as its many colorful characters.

    Topics in this episode include:
    • Edward Bellamy and his novel, Looking Backward
    • French Solidarism
    • Ferdinand Lassalle, Eduard Bernstein, and the German Social Democrats
    • The Fabian Society
    • Henry George and his treatise, Poverty and Progress
    • Mikhail Bakunin and anarcho-collectivism
    • Pyotr Kropotkin and anarcho-communism
    • The Pittsburg Proclamation and anarcho-syndicalism


    Watch my 2022 Mill Talk here!
    https://industrialrevolutionspod.com/episodes/2022/12/4/podcast-special-from-textile-workers-to-rideshare-drivers-the-never-ending-history-of-creative-destruction

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    1 h y 27 m
  • Chapter 64: Economic Ideas (The Neoclassics)

    Chapter 64: Economic Ideas (The Neoclassics)
    Jul 3 2023
    Beginning in the 1870s, the Neoclassical School of Economics emerged. Borrowing the idea of marginal analysis from calculus, and applying it to the ethical theory of Utilitarianism, they revolutionized the way economics was discussed. Today, we discuss the various “Marginalists” of this school, and the impact they had on the history of economic thought.
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    58 m
  • Chapter 63: Finance and Turbulence

    Chapter 63: Finance and Turbulence
    May 1 2023
    As industrialization drove economic growth all over the Western World, financial systems had to keep growing in complexity and value. And as they did, they continued to drive industrialization further in turn. And, then as now, they were susceptible to greedy players, bad decisions, and panic.
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    56 m
  • Chapter 62: An American Aristocracy

    Chapter 62: An American Aristocracy
    Feb 6 2023
    Americans had long believed their country was a classless society. But by the end of the 19th Century, that myth had been shattered. In the Gilded Age, a super-rich elite emerged. They spent lavishly on houses, parties, and luxuries, while also investing in education and philanthropy. In this chapter, we’ll discuss this new upper-class, as well as how wealth in the United States became so imbalanced. We’ll explore topics like homesteading, Reconstruction, immigration, political corruption, corporate consolidation, and more.
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    1 h y 24 m
  • Podcast Special! - From Textile Workers to Rideshare Drivers: The Never-Ending History of Creative Destruction

    Podcast Special! - From Textile Workers to Rideshare Drivers: The Never-Ending History of Creative Destruction
    Dec 5 2022
    The live recording of my recent Mill Talk at the Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation.
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    1 h y 41 m