The Industrial Revolutions

A look back on all the incredible changes the world saw in the First Industrial Revolution, and some looking forward to the future. Submit your questions for this month’s AMA: www.IndustrialRevolution...

2 Nov 202059min

In 1848, the effects of the industrialization and financial modernization combined with the forces of burgeoning ideologies and class and national identities to create a year of revolutions. Uprisings...

5 Okt 20201h 38min

Telling the story of the Industrial Revolution would not be complete without spending some time on Queen Victoria and her consort, Prince Albert. Her long reign came at the height of British power and...

8 Sep 202054min

The second of two episodes devoted to the cultural changes underway in the 18th and 19th Centuries, thanks (at least in part) to the Industrial Revolution. First we’ll explore the so-called Second Gre...

10 Aug 20201h 17min

Support the Industrial Revolutions on Patreon: www.Patreon.com/indrevpodThe first of two episodes devoted to the cultural changes underway in the 18th and 19th Centuries, thanks (at least in part) to ...

7 Jul 20201h 6min

With the rise of capitalism, industrialization, and liberal economic policies, the relative power of the old, landed aristocracy was waning. And to fill their place was a nouveaux riche bourgeoisie.Ch...

1 Jun 202034min

This month we get to know the first wave of socialist thinkers – the Utopian socialists – including Robert Owen, Étienne Cabet, Jean Claude Leonard de Sismondi, Henri de Saint-Simone, Charles Fourier,...

4 Mai 20201h 4min

Historians have generally had two very different takes on the Industrial Revolution. One take is that it left workers with a lot of grime, exploitation, and suffering. The other take is that it led to...

6 Apr 20201h 10min