#209 - The Age of Charisma

Professor Buzzkill History Podcast

English - June 22, 2017 09:00 - 1 hour - 57.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 180 ratings
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Professor Jeremy Young joins us to discuss the Age of Charisma (1870-1940). It was an exciting period in US history: industrialization was in high gear; railroads and telegraph lines were spreading widely; mass media was born; and increased concentration on charisma, magnetism, and emotion in politics, religion, and social reform. Styles of public speaking changed and founded the phenomenon of personality politics.