Making of a Historian

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**Making of a Historian**

A podcast exploring one graduate student’s quest to study for his comprehensive exams in history.

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Episode 13: Money Makes the World Go Round Jan 26, 2017

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Another view of British empire and capitalism: it's finance, stupid!

Episode 12: War and Money Jan 25, 2017

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I this episode we explore how war and peace affected the creation of the modern financial system from around 1700-1800. In only twelve minutes. I left a lot of stuff out. Guess we'll need to come back to this later?

Episode 11: Rise of the Machines Jan 24, 2017

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I tell you the secret THEY don't want you to know: WHO'S TAKING OUR JOBS! (It's machines.)

Episode 10: Global, Global, Gone Jan 22, 2017

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We're going to talk about the 19th century economy over the next few weeks. It was in the 19th century that you get something like a global economy. Why? Today we take a quick look at how factories, finance and the firm knit the world together, only to collapse with the start of the First World War. Books: The Cambridge History of Capitalism The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Britain Eric Hobsbawm, Age of Revolution and Age of Capital and Age of Empire Richard Grossman, Unsettled Account Thomas McGraw, ed., Creating Modern Capitalism

Episode 9: You Can Never Go Home Again Jan 20, 2017

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I have a meeting with my advisor today, so I scrambled to make some kind of synthesis of all the readings I've done on the Victorian family and home. I find three big themes. Number three will shock you! (Probably not.) Reading list: Cambridge Economic History of Britain Cambridge Social History of Britain Deborah Cohen, Household Gods (2010) Hugh Cunningham, Children and Childhood in Western Society Since 1500 (2005) John Gillis, A World of Their Own Making (1997) Ruth Goodman, How To Be A Victorian (2014) Judith Walkowitz, City of Dreadful Delight (1992)

Episode 8: Making A Historian Nights Jan 19, 2017

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This is one of those podcasts you record and then say to yourself: I can't believe I forgot to talk about dildos.

Episode 7: Angels in the House Jan 18, 2017

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Put another log on the fire, get your blankets, and clutch your cup of hot chocolate for dear life, on this episode we're going to see how the coziness of the Victorian home was based on the daily backbreaking work of women.

Episode 6: A Whole World Of Stuff Jan 17, 2017

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In this episode we look at the world of international trade by dipping into a few global commodities. You'll learn where IPA comes from! Also, why tapioca is one of the most important plants in the world.

Episode 5: Please Sir, Can I Have Some More? Jan 15, 2017

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In the 18th and 19th centuries, it was hard for everyone to get enough to eat. We talk a bit about hunger, and how it hit the poor, women, and the colonies hardest.

Episode 4: There's Something About Victorians Jan 14, 2017

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In this episode, I wonder what makes the Victorians seem so fussy.

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