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Lectures in History

Socialism in Early 20th Century America

Lectures in History

C-SPAN

History, Politics, News

4.1696 Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2020

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Columbia University history professor Eric Foner examines the rise of socialism in America in the early 20th century. He talks about the Socialist Party in New York City and Milwaukee, and looks at the Socialist Party of America presidential campaigns of Eugene Debs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This is American History TV's Lectures in History podcast.

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This week, a class on the rise of socialism in America in the early 20th century,

1:07.3

taught by Columbia University professor Eric Foner.

1:10.3

This episode was recorded in 2012. This is a class at Columbia University,

1:14.9

of course, called the American Radical Tradition. And we started with the American Revolution

1:20.6

and have been going through the abolitionist movement, early feminism, the Civil War

1:26.6

Reconstruction, labor conflict in the Gilded Age, the populist movement, early feminism, the Civil War Reconstruction, labor conflict in the

1:29.0

Gilded Age, the populist movement, and now we're sort of entering into the 20th century,

1:34.5

and in the next couple of weeks we will look at the progressive era, a period of, you know,

1:41.4

a lot of labor unrest, the industrial workers of the world, the women's suffrage

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