Topic #12 The Age of Industrialization

Coal
Talking History's Fred Nielsen and Barbara Freese discuss coal, that unglamorous substance that has not only been the combustible behind industrial and economic expansion, but the divisor in class conflict and the quotient in national economies. Barbara Freese is author of Coal: A Human History. Airdate: June 7, 2004



Labor Day
We begin our new season with Matthew Dennis who returns to Talking History to discuss the origins and history of Labor Day with host Bryan Le Beau. Dennis is Professor of History at the University of Oregon and the author of Red, White, and Blue Letter Days: An American Calendar. Airdate: September 5, 2005.


The Wright Brothers
Another of our most popular programs aired the week of December 15th- the 100th anniversary of the first manned flight in a gasoline powered aircraft--by Wilbur and Orville Wright. For that occasion Fred Nielsen interviewed James Tobin the Wright's biographer. Airdate: August 23, 2004.

Strike Songs
This week we continue our best of Talking History series-offering the most popular shows of the past year based on listener responses and visits to our website archives. This week we rebroadcast our program from the week of December 16, 2002. It includes an interview with Timothy Lynch, focusing on the history of protest in music and song. And for our commentary -Benjamin Filene pays tribute to one of Americas great musicologists and collectors of folk music and folklore, Alan Lomax, who died earlier this year at the age of 87. Airdate: July 21, 2003.


Henry Ford
Bryan Le Beau and his guest Steven Watts, discuss the life of Henry Ford and his role as the man who recognized American society for what it had become--one of abundance and consumerism. Steven Watts is the author of The People's Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American Century. Airdate: January 9, 2006.