Boyd Cothran and Adrian Shubert, "The Edwin Fox: How an Ordinary Sailing Ship Connected the World in the Age of Globalization, 1850-1914" (UNC Press, 2024)
It began as a small, slow, and unadorned sailing vessel—in a word, ordinary. Later, it was a weary workhorse in the age of steam. But the story of the Edwin Fox reveals how an everyday merchant ship drew together a changing world and its people in an extraordinary age of rising empires, sweeping e…
Micro history and the Edwin Fox
What is micro history and what can an unremarkable cargo ship from the 19th century tell us about the foundations of our modern age.
Boyd Cothran: Associate professor of History, York University, Toronto.
Co- author of The Edwin Fox: How an Ordinary Sailing Ship Connected the World in the Age of G…
The art of ghost writing and a microhistory of the Edwin Fox
Liam Pieper recounts how he was forced into ghost writing and then found his way out again to write books in his own name and Boyd Cothran studied an unremarkable cargo ship, the Edwin Fox, through the lens of microhistory to tell a wider story.
Introducing New Hosts Boyd and Cathleen
Cathleen Cahill and Boyd Cothran introduce themselves and lay out their plans for the Gilded Age & Progressive Era podcast over the next few months, including an upcoming interview with Leslie Jones, curator of the Newport Preservation Society's new exhibit about Gilded Age architect Richard Morri…
112: The Menance of Prosperity
In this episode of The Gilded Age and Progressive Era Podcast, Boyd Cothran speaks with historian Daniel Wortel-London about his new book, The Menace of Prosperity, a sweeping history of New York City and the political economy of urban growth from the aftermath of the Civil War through the late tw…
114: The Political Reconstruction of American Tobacco
In this episode of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era Podcast, Boyd Cothran talks with historian Patrick O’Connor about his new book, The Political Reconstruction of American Tobacco, 1862–1933.
Rather than treating tobacco primarily as a moral problem or a corporate success story, O’Connor approa…
116: The Feather Wars: And the Great Crusade to Save America’s Birds
In this episode, Boyd Cothran and Cathleen Cahill sit down with James H. McCommons to discuss his sweeping new book, The Feather Wars: And the Great Crusade to Save America’s Birds — publishing March 17, 2026.
📘 Pre-order now:
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250286895/thefeatherwars/
At a momen…
118: Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress -- And How to Bring it Back
Why does it feel like government can’t get things done? From housing to infrastructure to climate, even widely supported policies often stall. In this episode, Boyd Cothran speaks with Marc J. Dunkelman about his new book, Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress—and How to Bring It Back. At the cen…
119: Old Women, Race, and Power
We have a special treat for you today - we get to listen in on a panel from the conference Old Women, Race, and Power recorded at the Huntington Library in Pasadena CA.. The panel, "Challenging Colonial Imagery: Indigenous Centenarians and Gender in California,” explores the way old age and race i…
123: Magic Lantern Art with Terry Borton
The Gilded Age and Progressive Era Podcast is back! After our summer hiatus, we're kicking off a new season and returning to our regular every-other-week release schedule. Thanks for your patience over the break — we've got a great slate of guests lined up, starting with this one.
Long before Holl…
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