Andrew Carnegie: The Self-Made Ideal.
This lecture examines the notion of the “self-made man” as it pervaded Gilded Age America. Investigate why this idea took on unprecedented popularity in the 19th century, how it was strongly promoted by figures from Horatio Alger to Andrew Carnegie, and explore how the ideal became entwined with soc...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English |
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[San Francisco, California, USA] :
The Great Courses,
2015.
Kanopy Streaming, 2016. |
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| Summary: | This lecture examines the notion of the “self-made man” as it pervaded Gilded Age America. Investigate why this idea took on unprecedented popularity in the 19th century, how it was strongly promoted by figures from Horatio Alger to Andrew Carnegie, and explore how the ideal became entwined with social Darwinism.. |
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| Item Description: | Title from title frames. Film Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (streaming video file) (31 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
| Playing Time: | 00:30:08 |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |