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A History podcast featuring Harald Hansen
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Spycraft was one of Britain’s advantages during the 2nd hundred years war.What were the other advantages Britain took into the end of the 2nd hundred years war? Pitt hired a number of reformers who drove through unpopular reforms in communicat
William Pitt goes toe to toe against a large coalition led by Charles Fox and Lord North. George 3 is on firmly on his side, all the power of the crown is bent to his support. And yet this is not enough until public opinion finds a clear expr
A summary of the 1793-1815 period is provided along with brief descriptions of the themes we will be following.Intensity:WW1 level financial and human commitmentThere are many wars inside these warsModernizing in both administration and communi
Newtonian philosophy, and John Locke, along with Francis Bacon has an exciting empirical philosophical package that took Europe by storm in the 1740s, with the able assistance of Voltaire. Locke offered an epistemology interesting to philosoph
The last universal genius. There are minutes spent just lightly covering Leibniz’s contributions to science and his place in history, they are so extensive. He is put forward as the father of modern computing and patron saint of cybernetics.
Spinoza’s conflicts with contemporary scientists like Boyle and Huygens center on Spinoza’s insistence on the primacy of philosophical reason over empirical experimentation and empirical reasoning. Spinoza’s argument against Boyle’s experiment
Spinoza’s philosophical framework laid out, along with several points of disagreement with the moderate Enlightenment Newtonians and Leibnizians. We get to some of Spinoza’s specific arguments with other scientists. With Steno, he had a non r
We look at the tragedies of Spinoza's life. The clique that forms around him. The tragi comic end of his friend and mentor Van Den Enden.Primarily we cover Spinoza's views, and here we introduce the idea that we live in a fully mechanistic, f
The first of a six episode arc on the Early Enlightenment. We emphasize the clash of ideas, then the content of ideas, then biography.This episode lays out the 3 way battle for the dominant philosophy between the Aristotelian Scholastics, the
The Fiscal Military State concept is a valid tool for analyzing the role of government in this era, not to imply it's an ideal form of analysis. British central government employees, well, 90% had a taxing or fund raising function. And 90% of
We finish up the crime issues, the bloody codes, private prosecution of crime, transportation to Australia, that we began last episode. Then we move into the consequences of the Glorious Revolution, legitimacy and the changing role of Parliame
We take a close look at local government during the 1700-1850 period. What work happened at the parish level? The Poor Laws, a unique British institution, are examined for their possible contribution to the Industrial Revolution. Also, the p
80% of criminal prosecutions are brought privately by the victims, with over 450 associations established to support criminal prosecutions.There is a lack of specie and small notes to settle accounts between tradesmen and entrepreneurs. Theref
Paradox abounds when we look at entrepreneurs. Expected returns are negative, but this doesn't really matter and we explain why. Bankruptcies are common, but they only take your assets, they can't take what's between your ears and in your hea
Alternative Title: Families, Firms and Factories. Half the episode is a deep dive into the trio of Samuel Bentham, Marc Brunel, and Henry Maudsley and how they worked together to magnify British advantages over Napoleon and the French in the f
A novel theory of the distribution of consumption during the end of the 2nd hundred years war is developed.We explain the problems of relying on changing productivity numbers, but we still tend to accept them because the rest of our context sug
Finance and medicine may seem like a mismatched pair.They wrap up our coverage of the Service Sectors in the Industrial Revolution.We cover the rise of the country banks, the history of the Bank of England, the 3 insurance sectors (yes, there w
Service sectors were a key part of the British economy, even in the 18th century.. This shows that the Industrial Revolution was more than merely improvements in textiles, steam and metals. Transportation improvements, pre railroad, reveal Br
We finish integrating the story of Britain's 3.5X rise in population from 1700-1850 by explaining how they all got fed. In complete contradiction to Malthusian theory, the British diet got richer and more varied as the population exploded. An
To what extent does foreign trade contribute to the Industrial Revolution.There is certainly some entanglement and a weak case can be be built for the idea that it was important. A strong case that foreign trade was vital to the Industrial Rev
Balloons and lighting rods. Platinum, not gold. Ceramics and Lighting. Chlorine bleach.We take a look at often neglected technological advances.The social consequences create the modern world. Is that a materialistic approach to history???
To what degree does technological change depend on science in the Industrial Revolution. We look at the paradigmatic cases of Steam Power and textiles.And we look at howe we know what we know. And finally, this brings up something I've threat
This is one of the less intuitive ideas about the origins of the Industrial Revolution. An historically unique concentration of skilled workmen were available in pre miracle England to translate the ideas of early modern science and technology
We explore a couple 100 year cycles to move from Enlightenment ideas to practical products cheap and reliable enough for a large market to use.We explore first sewing machines and then electricity, leading to the telegraph. I discuss how I ha
The British Enlightenment was slightly different in character from the French Enlightenment. Britain had already accomplished many of the goals the French Enlightenment was seeking.We start off with academic economic ideas of institutions and
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