20 episodios
Dr. Esmacher's History Podcast Dr. Melissa Esmacher
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A podcast originally created in Spring 2020 as part of a shift of education to online in the wake of COVID-19. Dr. Melissa Esmacher is an associate professor of History at El Paso Community College in El Paso, Texas. She holds degrees from University of Hawaii at Manoa, Texas A&M University, and Lone Star College. She teaches U.S. History and World History survey courses, and her research specialties include 20th century U.S. history, popular culture, race and ethnicity, violence, labor, and feminism.
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The Transformation of the American West
In this episode, we cover the transformation of the American West between the Civil War and 1900, including the Homestead Act, the impact of the Second Industrial Revolution on western settlement, conflict between settlers and Native Americans, and rapid changes in Native American life.
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The Gilded Age
In this episode, we look at why the 1870s-1890s gets nicknamed the Gilded Age, the Second Industrial Revolution, robber barons and monopolies, and the experience of the working classes.The first episode in Season 2: U.S. History from 1877-1941.
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The War on Terror
In this episode, I talk about the impact of 9/11 - the larger pattern of terrorism against the U.S., the Bush Doctrine, our wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the War on Terrorism's impact on civil liberties at home and abroad thanks to the Patriot Act.
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The Dawn of a New Century
In this episode, I cover the Culture Wars and extreme responses, the Lewinsky scandal and Clinton's impeachment, and the 2000 election.
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A Rapidly Changing World: The 1990s
In this episode, I discuss the impact of computers and the internet, the roaring 1990s economy (before the bubble bursts), changing immigration patterns, and a snapshot of rising minority groups and the unique situations they faced in the 1990s.I promise I get to the Lewinsky scandal and impeachment next time!
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Team America: World Police
In this episode, we cover the collapse of several Communist nations and the end of the Cold War, how the US grapples with trying to figure out a post-Cold War foreign policy, the First Gulf War, and the big picture items of the George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton administration.Note: the culture wars, domestic terrorism, and the Monica Lewinsky scandal and impeachment are all coming next episode!