Chapter 24: The Luddites
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6 Aug 201932min
Chapter 23: The Albion Mills
One of the world’s first coal-powered factories was the Albion Mills, smack-dab in the heart of London. Built by Boulton & Watt, it put the competition out of business. Its eventual destruction was a ...
30 Jul 201921min
Chapter 22: Industry on the Post-Napoleonic Continent
First came the French, led by Napoleon, ending feudal economic traditions across Europe. Then came the British, bringing their knowledge of new, industrial production methods and business practices. A...
23 Jul 201937min
Chapter 21: The French Revolution and Empire
If you compare the histories of Great Britain and France in the 16th through 18th Centuries, you see how they led to very different transitions into modernity. For Britain it was the Industrial Revolu...
16 Jul 201941min
Chapter 20: America's First Great Debate
As the first President of the United States, George Washington appointed two cabinet secretaries who went to war with each other. Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson fought on many fronts, but per...
2 Jul 201933min
Chapter 19: The American Revolution
In this episode, we explore the underlying intellectual reasons for the American Revolution, and how that Revolution reshaped those ideas into a philosophy that would take over the world as industrial...
25 Jun 201937min
Chapter 18: Men of Faith (Part 2: Religious Upheaval)
In the late 18th Century, increasing religious freedom led to violent rioting in London and Birmingham. The Quakers, meanwhile, kicked a gun manufacturer out of their denomination. And without knowing...
11 Jun 201936min
Chapter 17: Men of Faith (Part 1: The Great Awakening)
After the suppression of the Puritans, religiosity died down in Great Britain and British America. Then, in the mid-18th Century, a revival of nonconformist churches swept over the English world. And ...
4 Jun 201930min
