Today we will continue the series that will lead us to the philosophical background that drives our professorship today. You'll recall in episode 65, the American Revolution, and the French Revolution to see the Lockean and Ruesauean forms of democracy in action. This all started with podcast #61, so if you are just jumping in, you'll want to revisit those episodes as well. Today, we will examine the emerging American literary landscape as well as the Victorian era in Europe and the industrial revolution For reference this will be from 1815 until about 1871. Eventually this will help us decipher the background of the Crime of the Century.
