Fligstein opens his essay by recognizing the importance of context when studying history. People are products of their environments, and political and social conditions constrain actions. The author shows us the […]

Fink criticizes viewing the Gilded Age as a singular event, and not in context of broader American history. Criticizes the opposite approach, that the similarities in results between contemporary labor-capital […]

I appreciated Batzell’s scholarship about the Workingmen in California, enlightening me to a political struggle I had never learned about. Their grievances included a wholesale critique of the rapid i […]

First off, I was enthralled with DuBois’ writing. He effortlessly weaves historical sources and analysis, and does so with a refreshing clarity. Essentially, as Chris and Hollis have noted, he reframes civil war h […]

I share the head posters critiques that Chants Democratic is definitely not a comprehensive guide to the economy and society of pre-industrial New York City, but rather a glimpse into the specific window of the […]

In this week’s reading, the central thesis has been the author’s search for the time period in which the American economy transitions from one which includes marketplaces to a full market economy, where all of our […]