Hanging with History
The first season focuses on the origins of the Industrial Revolution or the Great Enrichment, we go deep into history to gain enough background knowledge to actually understand the various theories of the origins of the Great Enrichment. Eventually we learn that we also need to know how the miracle was consolidated, as the many other close approaches to the Industrial Revolution failed.A kwirky style, but intellectually ambitious with the goal of understanding history well enough to understand the miracle that happened that one time. It's gonna be a long series.
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 36 minutes
- Episodes
- 186
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
The Industrial Revolution Economic History Arc
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We use The Unbound Prometheus by David Landes to cover the economic history facet of the Industrial Revolution. This episode introduces …
Religion for the Lower Classes
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We explore one reason for the remarkable industrial peace experienced by Britain during the Industrial Revolution. Peterloo, Luddites a…
Education: Does the Lower Class have anything to Offer Besides their Labor
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Now we get to know the answer to the question: Does the Lower Class have anything to offer besides their labor?
We answer the question, h…
Sex and Love for the Lower Class in the Industrial Revolution
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No joke. We use Emma Griffin's analysis of Lower Class autobiographies in her book, Liberty's Dawn. The love lives of the lower class …
Child Labor and Women's Labor
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We take a look at the grimmest part of the Industrial Revolution and that is Child Labor.
Fundamentally, the intersection between lower …
The Industrial Revolution; The Working Lives of Lower Class Men
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As the Industrial Revolution reaches more and more of England the working lives of men experience change. We are looking exclusively at …
The Industrial Revolution; Part 1
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So just what was that miracle that happened that one time?
A difficult question to answer, we'll take the approach of looking at it throug…
Slouching Towards the American Revolution Part 2, John Wilkes
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This continues the British centric focus on the approach to the American Revolution. We cover the many distractions of the British gover…
Slouching Towards the American Revolution Part 1
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The lead up to the American Revolution from the British perspective. We revisit how divided Britain was over the American issue. The e…
Seven Years War; Part 3
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The 7 Years war in Western Germany and the defeat of France's ambitions to invade the British Isles in 1759. France invades Hannover 6 …
Seven Years War, Part 2, 2nd Hundred Years War Part 26
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This one covers :
- European grand strategy with a focus on the opening of the naval war and the execution of Admiral Byng.
- The Prussian pa…
Seven Years War; Part 1
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We start off the & Years war with a look at some of the major leaders, William Pitt the elder, Choiseul, Frederick the Great and Maria Te…
War of the Austrian Succession
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Say goodbye to peace.
We cover the War of Jenkins Ear. The excitement of the capture of Portobello, Rule Brittania is written in celebrat…
Malthus and Hajnal
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Reverend Thomas Malthus reveals that we live in a universe run by a trickster god. As soon as the basic principles are figured out and e…
Age of Walpole Part 3; Methodism and the Superior Meta Institution
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How did Britain cope with the massive changes of the 18th century? Walpole skills in this regard are under appreciated.
Our emphasis is i…
Age of Walpole Part 2: Opposing the Trend of the Fiscal Military State
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Was Walpole in power for the purpose of holding on to power or was he holding on to power to enact his preferred policies? Was he self c…
John Law and the Mississippi Bubble; Inflation is Murder
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The Mississippi Bubble was possibly the most consequential financial bubble in all of history. How was a murdering, jail breaking Scotsm…
The Age of Walpole; Part 1, Sacheverall and the Sinking Fund, a 2nd 100 Years War interlude
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The Church is in Danger! Her Holy Communion rent and divided by factious and schismatical impostors. Her primitive worship profaned and…
War of the Quadruple Alliance, part 2; Robert Filmer?
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The Chicken War is covered as part of the War of the Quadruple Alliance as well as the more consequential Armada of 1719.
Cardinal Alberon…
War of the Quadruple Alliance Part 1
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Peace treaties do not always work out the way they are intended, especially if they are complex and take time to implement. The many tre…