Michael Patrick Cullinane

The Gilded Age and Progressive Era

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The Gilded Age and Progressive Era is a free podcast about the seismic transitions that took place in the United States from the 1870s to 1920s. It's for students, teachers, researchers, history buffs, and anyone who wants to learn more about how our past connects us to the present. It is hosted by Boyd Cothran, professor of U.S. and Global history at York University, and Cathleen D. Cahill, Walter L. Ferree and Helen P. Ferree Professor in Middle-American History at Penn State University. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Michael Patrick Cullinane

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Footnotes: The Last Flu Epidemic, 1918-1919 15.09.2021 8:08

Additional Reading : The 1918-1919 Influenza Pandemic in the Age of COVID-19: Supporting Materials for Teachers (Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era). Alfred Crosby, America's Forgotten Pandemic: The Influenza of 1918 (2nd ed., 2003). Christopher Capozzola, Uncle Sam Wants You: World War I and the Making of the Modern American Citizen (2010). Roundtable with Christopher Mc...

Women's Reproductive Rights in the Progressive Era 14.09.2021 39:33

The Progressive Era shaped the way we think about women's reproductive rights, and Prof. Barbara Schneider's book Corporal Rhetoric investigates all the ways. It tells how motherhood went from a natural experience to a pathogenic one, how the eugenics movement gathered steam, and how the medical profession changed. Essential Reading : Barbara Schneider, Corporal Rhetoric: Regulating Reproduction i...

Gilded Age Cocktails 14.09.2021 42:16

In this episode I talk cocktails with Cecelia Tichi the author of so many wonderful books, but most recently Gilded Age Cocktails . Tichi shares stories of the bars, mixologists, and imbibers that gloried in the Golden Age of drinking, not long before Prohibition. Essential Reading : Cecelia Tichi, Golden Age Cocktails: History, Lore, and Recipes from America's Golden Age (2021). Recommended Readi...

The Last Flu Epidemic, 1918-1919 14.09.2021 51:57

Just over 100 years ago, the world faced a deadly pandemic not dissimilar to COVID-19. The "great flu" of 1918-1919 was largely forgotten until we needed to historic lessons on how to combat the waves of infection. With Christopher McKnight Nichols, this week's show investigates the pathogenic parallels. Essential Reading : Christopher McKnight Nichols and Brandon Jett, “Americans used to sacrific...

Pilot 07.09.2021 6:43

Welcome to The Gilded Age and Progressive Era! In the pilot episode, I introduce myself, describe the show, and outline the first three episodes. The Gilded Age and Progressive Era is a podcast for those of us interested in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Each episode features research from leading scholars. Join us! And subscribe! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...