[Abridged] Presidential Histories

24.A.) Grover Cleveland's reelection revenge, an interview with Mark Summers

December 20, 2021 Kenny Ryan
[Abridged] Presidential Histories
24.A.) Grover Cleveland's reelection revenge, an interview with Mark Summers
Show Notes

In 1892, the rich were getting richer, the poor were getting poorer, and a former president decided to run again against the rival who had defeated him. How similar is the Gilded Age to our modern political and economic moment?

Join me as I talk with University Kentucky professor Mark Summers, a historian of the Gilded Age and author of numerous books, including The Era of Good Stealings; The Gilded Age; and Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion: The Making of a President, 1884, to discuss how Grover Cleveland won his revenge campaign against Benjamin Harrison and whether we currently live in another Gilded Age.



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