The Industrial Revolutions

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Chapter 34: Brunel and Vanderbilt Nov 05, 2019

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This week we explore the lives and careers Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Cornelius Vanderbilt – two of industrial history’s most prolific individuals. One was from the UK, one was from the US. One cared little about profits, the other cared for nothing but profits. But both men had a major impact on the Transport Revolution, spreading railroads across their respective countries and steamships across the world.Support the Industrial Revolutions on Patreon: https://patreon.com/indrevpod

Chapter 33: Industry in the USA Oct 22, 2019

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At the start of the 19th Century, the U.S. economy was very similar to the cash-crop export economies of the soon-to-be-independent countries of Latin America. But a half century later, the U.S. was the second largest economy in the world, with industrial productivity on par with – or even greater than – Great Britain. How did it happen?
This week, we discuss the causes and results of American industrialization, including:
The Erie Canal and other transport infrastructure
Industry in Cincinnati
Samuel Slater’s and Francis Cabot Lowell’s textile mills
Eli Terry’s clockmaking innovations
Richard March Hoe’s printing presses
The American firearms industry
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Chapter 32: Industrialization and the Wider World Oct 08, 2019

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This week, we’re stepping away from Europe and the United States to look at the impact of the Industrial Revolution on the rest of the world. Among other places, we’ll be visiting Mexico, Brazil, Egypt, India, China, and Australia.Support the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/indrevpod

Chapter 31: Railway Fever Spreads Oct 01, 2019

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This week we discuss how railroads rapidly spread across Great Britain, the United States, and Continental Europe between 1830 and 1848. In particular, we’ll focus on the unique ways railroads developed in each country, the civil engineers who built them, and the economic and social impacts of Railway Mania.Support the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/indrevpod

Chapter 30: The Locomotive Sep 24, 2019

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By the 1820s, canal transport could no longer keep pace with the efficiencies of mass production in British factories. It would take a new machine – built by impressive (and often colorful) characters – to move freight and passengers on railways at previously unimaginable speeds.Support the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/indrevpod

Chapter 29: The Rothschilds Sep 17, 2019

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The Industrial Revolution in Great Britain made the surprising success story of the Rothchilds possible. And the Rothschilds, in turn, made the Industrial Revolution possible across the rest of Europe. In this episode, we’ll cover:
Mayer Amschel Rothschild’s business in the Frankfurt ghetto
Nathan Rothschild’s activities in industrial Manchester
The big gamble the Rothschilds made against Napoleon
How Salomon and James Rothschild brought the railroads and other industry to the Continent
And more
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Chapter 28: Economic Ideas (Part 3: The Classics) Sep 03, 2019

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Please consider becoming a supporter on Patreon. Your support helps pay for the audio hosting service, the website, research materials, and other costs of delivering the podcast. Plus there are special perks available only to Patreon supporters, including footnotes, book reviews, special recognition, and more.Visit https://www.patreon.com/indrevpod today. Thank you!This week we discuss the so-called “Classical” school of economics, and the various ideas about capitalism, free trade, and labor during that period. In particular, we’ll be discussing the lives and works of Jean-Baptiste Say, David Ricardo, John Stuart Mill, the guys who influenced them, and the guys they influenced in turn.

Chapter 27: Finance and Industrialization Aug 27, 2019

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Going back to the 1600s, the development of modern financial systems transformed life on planet earth. Debt markets and stock markets helped industrialization spread and remain ever-growing. They’ve also created a new phenomenon: The boom-and-bust cycle. And it seems that we, as a species, have decided that the key benefits of financial modernization – technological progress and mostly continuous economic growth – outweigh the anxieties and the risks of it.Support the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/indrevpod

Chapter 26: Ending the Slave Trade Aug 20, 2019

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The practice of slavery was as old as the written word. But in the age of Europe’s global empires, it took a racist and even more sinister turn. Then, in the years between 1807 and 1819, with the rise of liberalism and industrialization, western powers began to end the transatlantic slave trade as a first step to ending slavery. In this episode, we’ll discuss how it happened in France, Great Britain, and the United States.Support the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/indrevpod

Chapter 25: Man Takes Flight Aug 13, 2019

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As chemistry advanced in the 18th Century, it was applied to perhaps the all-time greatest dream of humankind: Learning how to fly. In this episode, we meet the men who made it possible as “Balloonmania” took off in France, and then across the industrializing world.Support the Industrial Revolutions on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/indrevpod

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