HIS 315L Lecture 3: Lecture 3: Seeds of Discontent; or, Wealth & Inequality in the Gilded Age
Document Summary
The growth of the us economy in a global context. In society, the people that are successful are successful because they are superior to others that are not. The 1890s as watershed moment: the united states as potential great power. From seward"s vision to alfred thayer mahan. Existing navy doctrine of power on the cheap . The influence of sea power on history , 1660-1783 (1890) The monroe doctrine and the hemispheric crises of the 1890s. Socioeconomic tension & reform in the gilded age. Social tension in the cities and countryside.
