Fall 2012 Community Lecture Series Archive

Reconstruction & Gild: Wealth, Innovation, & the Pursuit of Status in Late 19th Century America

This semester will focus on defining moments in American history during the mid to late 1800. Speakers will discuss topics through the lens of his or her particular discipline. Make plans to attend one of these exciting lectures.

Fall 2012 Speakers

September 25, 2012

Dr. Hugh Marlowe
"Strange Bedfellows: Transcendentalist Simplicity & Gilded Age Excess"

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October 23, 2012

Mr. Steve Voguit
"United Nation Divided Nation: Patterns in American Politics after the Civil War"

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November 13, 2012

Dr. Allison Roberts
"Structural Changes in the Market for Labor during Reconstruction, the Gilded Age, and the Progressive Era"

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December 11, 2012

Dr. Wes King
"Mark Twain's Gilded Age and the Lure of the West"

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