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Michael Patrick Cullinane

@mikecullinane.bsky.social
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NJ by birth, Cork by marriage, historian, NY Yankees fan, cocktail lover. Let's talk about Theodore Roosevelt. Or the Gilded Age. Or whiskey. shows.acast.com/gildedageandprogres…

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Kelly Therese @feministkelly.bsky.social · 02/04/2024
When she was a teen, the public loved hearing about the exploits of the poker-playing, gum-chewing “Princess Alice” who kept a snake in her purse. By the time she died at age 96, Alice was such an institution in DC that she was known as The Other Washington Monument. With @mikecullinane.bsky.social
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Alice Roosevelt Longworth
When Theodore Roosevelt became president in 1901, his eldest child, 17-year-old Alice, rose quickly to celebrity status. The public loved hearing about the exploits…
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UPColorado @upcolorado.bsky.social · 02/05/2024
Alan Noonan joined @mikecullinane.bsky.social on The Gilded Age and Progressive Era to discuss his book, "Mining Irish-American Lives" and more about how the Irish moved into the American West. shows.acast.com/gildedageand...
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The Gilded Age and Progressive Era
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Einav Rabinovitch-Fox @einavrfox.bsky.social · 01/02/2024
It was a great pleasure to talk with @mikecullinane.bsky.social for his Gilded Age and Progressive Era podcast on my book, fashion and politics at the GAPE. Have a listen 🗃️ open.spotify.com/episode/06Lq...
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Michael Patrick Cullinane @mikecullinane.bsky.social · 18/01/2024
Great to speak on This American President about (who else) Theodore Roosevelt. www.spreaker.com/episode/theo...
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Michael Patrick Cullinane @mikecullinane.bsky.social · 17/01/2024
As the cold bites, I'm talking with Ben Jenkins about orange groves 🍊 and sunny southern California. Ben's book Octopus's Garden - not to be confused with Ringo's contribution to the Beatles playbook - is about LA, citrus, and the S. Pac. railroad. 🚂 Worth a listen! shows.acast.com/gildedageand...
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The Octopus and the Orange | The Gilded Age and Progressive Era
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Michael Patrick Cullinane @mikecullinane.bsky.social · 21/12/2023
Happy holidays ⛄... Here's how to cook like a Gilded Age chef for Christmas and New Years. Try the devilled spaghetti... if you dare 🎄 shows.acast.com/gildedageand...
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Special Episode: The Gilded Age Cookbook | The Gilded Age and Progressive Era
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Michael Patrick Cullinane @mikecullinane.bsky.social · 09/12/2023
70 years ago the war in Korea "ended" or ceased is more accurate. These British vets have been forgotten: www.historynet.com/when-the-bri...
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When the British Held the Line in Korea
From late 1952 to war’s end British Commonwealth forces repelled waves of Chinese attackers at the 38th parallel.
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Michael Patrick Cullinane @mikecullinane.bsky.social · 06/12/2023
How do Jewish homesteaders intersect with indigenous peoples? Rebecca Clarren explains how her family, lured by the promise of free land in SDak. now understand it came at the expense of the Lakota. It is not hard to find the contemporary relevance. #gaza #israel shows.acast.com/gildedageand...
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The Cost of Free Land | The Gilded Age and Progressive Era
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Michael Patrick Cullinane @mikecullinane.bsky.social · 05/12/2023
You're only as safe as your neighbors. And the UK is not safe: www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Revealed: Sellafield nuclear site has leak that could pose risk to public
Safety concerns at Europe’s most hazardous plant have caused diplomatic tensions with US, Norway and Ireland
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Michael Patrick Cullinane @mikecullinane.bsky.social · 30/11/2023
It seems the right day to start the holiday tunes... #shanemcgowen www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9jb...
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The Pogues - Fairytale Of New York (Official Video)
Official video for Fairytale Of New York by The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacCollStream The Pogues greatest hits here ▶ https://RhinoUK.lnk.to/ThePoguesSubscri...
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Michael Patrick Cullinane @mikecullinane.bsky.social · 28/11/2023
An excellent short history of the Teddy Bear from the great Alice George: www.smithsonianmag.com/history/hist...
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The Teddy Bear Was Once Seen as a Dangerous Influence on Young Children
Inspired by a moment of empathy from President Theodore Roosevelt, the huggable toy had a rocky start before it became the stuff of legend
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Michael Patrick Cullinane @mikecullinane.bsky.social · 23/11/2023
New episode of the Gilded Age podcast out: The Summer of 1876 (not to be confused with the Bryan Adams remake a cent'y later) with Chris Wimmer of Legends of the Old West pod. We return to Custer, and cover much more from outlaw heroes to the National Baseball League shows.acast.com/gildedageand...
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The Summer of 1876 | The Gilded Age and Progressive Era
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Michael Patrick Cullinane @mikecullinane.bsky.social · 16/11/2023
I feel like Larry David reading this: www.nytimes.com/2023/11/15/o... Tipping as it currently works in the US is because people have more money than sense.
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Opinion | Welcome to the New Economics of Tipping
Changes in technology and custom have shifted the balance of power away from customers.
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Michael Patrick Cullinane @mikecullinane.bsky.social · 15/11/2023
Does anyone else watch First Amendment audits on YouTube and think: this is where the far-right meets the far-left in horseshoe politics?🤪
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Alex Goody @alex-goody.bsky.social · 15/11/2023
Rather sadly - my first post on here is to let anyone who will listen know that English/Creative Writing at Oxford Brookes is facing massive redundancies - 40% of staff to be culled by January including my own role. Please share and support, we are trying to save our livelihoods #SaveBrookesEnglish
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Julia Irwin @juliairwin.bsky.social · 14/11/2023
Beyond elated to share the publication of *Catastrophic Diplomacy: US Foreign Disaster Assistance in the American Century* from @uncpress.bsky.social !
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Prof. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · 14/11/2023
Oxford University Graduate Scholarships for Ukraine - Please spread the word! '...priority will be given to candidates on courses in MPLS, followed by Medical Sciences, Social Sciences, and Humanities.' #skystorians #Ukraine
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Oxford University Graduate Scholarships for Ukraine | University of
The Oxford University Graduate Scholarships for Ukraine Programme (2024-25) is proudly supported by XTX Markets.
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Michael Patrick Cullinane @mikecullinane.bsky.social · 12/11/2023
Baader-Meinhof phenomenon since seeing Gilded Age board games at 1898 exhibition: I now see them everywhere. thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/magical-thin...
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Magical Thinking and Cultural Amnesia on the Western Frontier
Abigail A. Van Slyck examines The Game of Buffalo Bill, an 1898 board game that whitewashed racial violence, reducing it to a gentle stroll along a pastel-colored path.
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Michael Patrick Cullinane @mikecullinane.bsky.social · 10/11/2023
Library of Congress's Chronicling America newspaper archive now browsable by map and timeline: loc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant...
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Michael Patrick Cullinane @mikecullinane.bsky.social · 10/11/2023
The story about Matthew Perry has everything to do with the Dr. Ruth story in @nytimes.com: the USA is a lonely place; if we don't start hanging out again (and playing nice) it's probably a story about the collapse of democracy, too. 😔 www.nytimes.com/2023/11/09/o... www.nytimes.com/2023/11/09/n...
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Opinion | Hank Azaria: To Matthew Perry, God Was a Bunch of Drunks in a Room
Matthew Perry wanted to be remembered for helping people get sober. I was one of them.
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David Fitzgerald @davidfitzgerald.bsky.social · 09/11/2023
First proper post on here and it's inevitably self-promotion, but still delighted to have gotten my hands on these! Publication date is today!
A stack of books
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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 09/11/2023
Here's my new Saturday Evening Post Considering History column, a Veterans Day special on Smedley Butler, one of the most decorated Marines in US history & an impassioned anti-war critic of the military-industrial complex! Skystorians www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2023/11/cons...
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Considering History: Remembering General Smedley Butler’s Anti-War Activism for Veterans Day | The...
One of the most decorated military figures in American history dedicated his final decade of life to making the case that supporting veterans and active-duty servicemen and women required opposing bot...
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Michael Patrick Cullinane @mikecullinane.bsky.social · 09/11/2023
Man it was fun researching in Detroit. Had never been before, and the Library was beautiful 1920s Cass Gilbert-designed building.
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Nicholas Guyatt @nicholasguyatt.bsky.social · 09/11/2023
OK so this is finally happening: the University of Cambridge is searching for a new MELLON PROFESSOR OF AMERICAN HISTORY to succeed Gary Gerstle, who retires next summer. The ad has just been posted; if you're a senior Americanist, we would love for you to apply!
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Paul Mellon Professorship of American History - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Paul Mellon Professorship of American History in the Faculty of History at the University of Cambridge.
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Michael Patrick Cullinane @mikecullinane.bsky.social · 09/11/2023
Thanks Kate, but I'm completely in awe of what you and curators like Taina do! It was such a pleasure.
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Michael Patrick Cullinane @mikecullinane.bsky.social · 08/11/2023
Paul Krugman's take on the economic metrics as "angels dancing on the head of a pin" should be read by all voters. Disinflation without the pain on unemployment is remarkable. www.nytimes.com/2023/11/07/o...
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Opinion | Why Did So Many Economists Get Disinflation Wrong?
The good news shouldn’t have been such a big surprise.
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Michael Patrick Cullinane @mikecullinane.bsky.social · 08/11/2023
This was one of my favorite podcast interviews: Kate Clarke Lemay (historian) and Taína Caragol (curator of Latino art) both at the Nat. Portrait Gallery in DC. 🎨 Their exhibit 1898 ⚓is transnational and comparative history at its best. Listen: shows.acast.com/gildedageand...
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1898: Visions and Revisions | The Gilded Age and Progressive Era
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Michael Patrick Cullinane @mikecullinane.bsky.social · 08/11/2023
Great video montage of presidential debates, from the decorum of the late 20th century to the dumpster fire 🔥 🔥🔥of the 21st. www.nytimes.com/2023/11/07/o...
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Michael Patrick Cullinane @mikecullinane.bsky.social · 07/11/2023
I have always said that Long Island and NJ are the same place: www.nytimes.com/2023/11/03/b...
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Michael Patrick Cullinane @mikecullinane.bsky.social · 07/11/2023
Lina Khan is one of the most consequential bureaucrats of this generation, and she looks to the Gilded Age for precedent, citing Ida Tarbell in her thesis Amazon's Anti-trust Paradox: thehill.com/opinion/fina...
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Michael Patrick Cullinane @mikecullinane.bsky.social · 06/11/2023
Rough Riders board game. 1898 exhibition at the Smithsonian National Gallery DC … podcast episode coming up next week!
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Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 06/11/2023
His what, now?
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Michael Patrick Cullinane @mikecullinane.bsky.social · 06/11/2023
Looking forward to a fresh start here on Bluesky.
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