Hanging with History
The first season focuses on the origins of the Industrial Revolution or the Great Enrichment, we go deep into history to gain enough background knowledge to actually understand the various theories of the origins of the Great Enrichment. Eventually we learn that we also need to know how the miracle was consolidated, as the many other close approaches to the Industrial Revolution failed.A kwirky style, but intellectually ambitious with the goal of understanding history well enough to understand the miracle that happened that one time. It's gonna be a long series.
Hanging with History
Empiricism for Everyone! Napoleon's Invasion of England
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Harald Hansen
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Season 1
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Episode 172
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The defense of England is reviewed in terms of manpower, construction and engineering and advanced technology.
We start off with the empirical philosophy of Smith and Hume, look at the WWI level of mobilization Britain was able to achieve, a level of mobilization 3-4 times that of France. This was the real Levee En Masse.
We get some scale for Britain's financial intervention and subsidization of her allies.