we begin we would like to ask everyone to turn off cell phones, electronic beepers, let's give barry lewis a warm welcome. [applause] barry: i don't need that. me, i am all over the stage. it is interesting, i had some people talking to me about this lecture. i am not talking about the brooklyn bridge as much as brooklyn. why brooklyn needed the bridge and more so than that, new york. new york would never ever admit that they needed brooklyn but they needed it. just in case people were not here, it was a series of three lectures. i did the first one about a month ago. in recouping that, remember that new york becomes the premier city of america by the 1820's and 1830's. 60,000 people in manhattan by 1800, by 1875, 1 million people on manhattan island. that is called growth. this was an 1860's print of a part of manhattan, a part of new york. remember, in those days, new york city was strictly an island. you got to the 1860's, the brooklyn bridge was going to begin in 1869. the reason it was needed, by the time you get to the late 1860's, downtown the york was the central business district

architectural, historian barry lewis talks about the construction of the brooklyn bridge. that was built in the 1870's. he looks at wynette -- manhattan needed the bridge. historical society hosted this event. >> we are thrilled to welcome barry lewis back to the new

. >> architectural historian barry lewis, talks about the construction of the brooklyn bridge, why manhattan needed the bridge, and how transportation in the city changes at the turn of the 20th century. >> when the brooklyn bridge was opened, it did not put the ferries out of business, the ferries were still running at capaci capacity. by the mid 1990s, the city of brooklyn, which connect the kings county had reached 8 million people. >> that's the interesting thing about country music, is that it's the music of poor white people, people who are privileged to be white, and i'll talk about that in a second. but also, people who are under privileged in terms of their class identity and their economic opportunity. >> dickinson college professor, cotten sylar, on the emerging definitions of whiteness and blackness. how it impacted the origins of country music. sunday afternoon at 4:00 on real america. >> a cautious congress, budget cut backs and a tangle of state and local administrative problems created evidence that this crusade against society's greatest enemies may be slowed. or worse, may

american history tv on c-span3, saturday afternoon just before 5:00 eastern, architectural historian barry lewistalks about construction of the brooklyn bridge, why manhattan needed the bridge, and how transportation in the city changed at the turn of the 20th century. >> when the brooklyn bridge was open, it did not put the ferries out of business. the ferries were still running at capacity. by the mid 1890s, the city of brooklyn had reached 1 million people. >> then at 8:00 on lectures in history. >> and that's the real sort of interesting thing about country music is that it's the music of poor, privileged to be white and i'll talk about that in a second, but also, people who are under privileged in terms of their class identity and economic opportunities. >> dickenson, colonial american, origins of country music. >>> then sunday afternoon at 4:00, real american. >> budget cutbacks and tangle of state and local administrative problems on a new year's hori n horizon, crusade against the greatest enemies may be slowed, or worst, may level off and fade. this was the climate, the land and the unf

american history tv on c-span3, this afternoon just before five eastern, architectural historian barry lewis talks about the construction of the brooklyn bridge, why manhattan needed the bridge, and how transportation changed at the turn of the 20th century. >> when the brooklyn bridge was theed it did not put ferries out of business. the fairies were still running at capacity. the 1890's the city of brooklyn had reached one million people. thingt is the interesting about country music, it is the music of poor white people. people who are privileged to be white. arealso people who underprivileged in terms of their class identity and economic opportunities. >> how it impacted the origins of country music. then sunday afternoon at four in real america. >> a cautious congress, cutbacks, and entangled administrative problems created evidence that this crusade against societies greatest enemies may be slowed, or may level off. was the climate, the land, -- the unfinished pass unfinished past that faced lyndon johnson. >> the film documents the final month of the year of president lyndon b. johnso

saturday afternoon, just before 5:00 eastern, architectural historian barry lewis, talks about the constructionhy manhattan needed the bridge and how transportation in the city changed at the turn of the 20th century. >> when the brooklyn bridge was opened it did not put the ferries out of business. the ferries were still rung at capaci capacity. all through the 1880s and 90s, thecity of brooklyn which by then had reached 1 million people. >> then at 8:00. that's the interesting thing about country music, is that it's the music of poor white people. people who were privileged to be white, and i'll talk about that in a second. but also, people who are underprivileged. in terms of their class identity and economic opportunities. >> dickinson college professor cotten sylar. how colonial america impacted the origins of country music. then, sunday afternoon at 4:00. >> a cautious congress, budget cut backs. created evidence that this crusade against society's greatest enemies may be slowed or worse may level off and fade. this is the climate, the land and the unfinished task that faced lyndon johnso

american history tv on c-span 3, saturday afternoon, just before 5:00 eastern, architectural historian barry lewis talks about the construction of the brooklyn bridge. why manhattan needed the bridge. and how transportation changed at the turn of the 20th century. >> when the brooklyn bridge was opened, it did not put the ferries out of business. the ferries were still running at capacity the city of brooklyn and next of all of king's county reached 1 million people. >> then at 8:00, on lectures in history -- >> and that's the real sort of interesting thing about country music, is that it's the music of poor white people. people who are privileged to be white and i'll talk about that in a second. but also people who are underprivileged. in terms of their class identity and economic opportunities. >> dickinson college professor cotton sigh letter on the emerging definitions of whiteness and blackness in colonial america and how it impacted the origins of country music. >>> then sunday@afternoon at 4:00 on real america -- >> a cautious congress, budget cut backs and tangle of administrative problems

just before 5:00 eastern on saturday, barry lewis talks about the construction of the brooklyn bridge, why manhattan needed the bridge and how transportation in the city changed at the turn of the 20th century. >> when the brooklyn bridge was opened, it did not put fairies out of his news. they were still running out of cash at capacity. in the 1890's, the city of -- had reached one million people. then, at 8:00 in lectures in history. that is the interesting thing about country music. it is the music of poor white people. people who are privileged to be white. and i will talk about that in a second. but also people who are underprivileged, in terms of their identity and economic opportunities. the emerging definitions of whiteness and blackness in colonial america and how it impacted the origins of country music. then, sunday afternoon at 4:00 on railamerica -- >> budget cutbacks and a tingle ,f administrative problems created evidence that this crusade against society's greatest enemies may be slow or may level off and fade. this was the climate, the land and the unfinished task tha

on american history tv on c-span3, this afternoon before 5:00 eastern, architectural historian barry lewis talks about the construction of the brooklyn bridge, why manhattan needed the bridge, and how transportation in the city changed at the turn of the 20th century. >> when the brooklyn bridge was open, it does not put the ferries out of business. they were running at capacity because by the mid-1890's the city of brooklyn was next door to the county had reached one million people. real, sort of interesting thing about country music, is that it is the music whooor, white people people were privileged to be white. also people who were underprivileged in terms of their class identity and economic opportunities. professoron college on the emerging definition of whiteness and blackness in colonial america and how it impacted the origins of country music. sunday afternoon at 4:00 on "reel america." and cautious congress legislative problems on the horizon created evidence that this crusade against society's greatest enemies may be slowed or may level off and fade. this was the climate, the la

history tv on c-span3 -- saturday afternoon, just before 5:00 eastern, architectural historian barry lewis talks about the construction of the brooklyn bridge and how transportation in the city changed at the turn of the twintth century. >> when the brooklyn bridge was open it did not put the ferries out of business. the ferries were still running at capacity. all through the 1880s and '90ss because by the mid-1890s, it had reached 1 million people. >> at 8:00 on lectures in history -- >> and that's the real sort of interesting thing about country music is that it's the music of poor white people. people who are privileged to be white and i'll talk about that in a second but also people who are underprivileged in terms of their class identity and economic opportunities. >> dickinson college professor on the emerging defernitions of whiteness and blackness in colonial america and how it impacted the origins of country music. >>> then sunday afternoon at 4:00 on reel america -- >> the cautious congress, budget cutbacks and a tangle of state and local administrative problems on the new year's

american history tv on c-span 3, saturday afternoon, just before 5:00 eastern, architectural historian barry lewis talks about the construction of the brooklyn bridge. why manhattan needed the bridge. and how transportation changed at the turn of the 20th century. >> when the brooklyn bridge was opened, it did not put the ferries out of business. the ferries were still running at

. >> architectural historian barry lewis talks about the construction of the brooklyn bridge in the 1870and how transportation through the city changed at the turn of the 20th century. here is a preview. >> the brooklyn bridge itself, very dangerous. this is an illustration. this is one of the caissons that would become one of the foundations of the bridge. they caisson was basically a huge breadbasket made out of wood, turned upside down. inside the hollow caisson -- they pumped in high pressured out, soeep the water the men are all working with high pressured air. at the end of the job they would go to a deep contraction to, spend thought -- decompression to come and spend five minutes on it. they wanted to get home to their families. they were tired. the interior of the caisson on the left and the right are two different. you see one of the guys climbing into a decompression chamber. he will not be spending enough time. by the way, working-class people, probably the immigrants, they were lucky because in 1873 the stock market crashed, we had a horrible depression. depression noof a di

american history tv on c-span 3, saturday afternoon just before 5:00 eastern, architectural historian barry lewis talks about the construction of the brooklyn bridge, why manhattan needed the bridge and how transportation in the city changed at the turn of the 20th century. >> when the brooklyn bridge was opened it did not put the ferries out of business. the ferries were still running at capacity. all through the 1880s and '90s, because by the mid-1890s the city of brooklyn, which by then anexted all of king's county, had reached one million people. >>> at 8:00 on lectures in history. >> that's the interesting thing about country music is that it's the music of poor white people. people who are privileged to be white -- and i'll talk about that in a second -- but also people who are underprivileged in terms of their economic opportunities and identity. >> cotton seiler on the emerging definitions of whiteness and blackness in colonial america and how it impacted the origins of country music. then sunday afternoon at 4:00 on reel america. >> a cautious congress, budget cutbacks and a tangle of st

american history tv on c-span3, this afternoon just before 5:00 eastern, architectural historian barry lewisge, why manhattan needed the bridge, and how transportation in the city changed at the turn of the 20 century. bridgewhen the brooklyn was open, ferries were still running at capacity. by the mid-1890's, the city of brooklyn had reached one million people. >> then at 8:00 on "lectures in history" -- >> that is the interesting thing about country music, that it is white people,oor, people who were privileged to be white -- and i will talk about that in a second -- but also people who are underprivileged in terms of their class identity and their economic opportunity. >> dickinson college professor cotten seiler on the difference of whiteness and blackness in lavrov america. then sunday at 4:00 -- >> new year's problems on the horizon created problems with society's greatest enemies may be slowed, or worse, level off and fade. this was the unfinished task that faces lyndon johnson on the first of december, 1966. president: "the december 1966" shows president lyndon b. johnson meeting wit

weekend on american history tv on c-span 3, saturday afternoon just before 5:00 eastern, his torn barry lewis talks about the construction of the brooklyn bridge, why manhattan needed the bridge and why transportation changed at the turn of the 20th century. >> when the brooklyn bridge was open, it did not put the ferries out of business. the ferries were still running at capacity. because by the mid-1890s, the city of brooklyn had reached one million people. >> then at 8:00 on lectures in history. >> and that's the real -- sort of interesting thing about country music is that it is the music of poor white people, people that are privileged to be white, and i'll talk about that in a second, but also people who are underprivileged in terms of their class identity and their economic opportunities. >>> diggen son college professor on the emerging definitions of whiteness and blackness in colonial america and how it impacts country music. then at 4:00 on real america. >> a caution congress, budget cut backs and a strangle of problems created evidence that problems may be slowed or may level off a

this week and on "american history tv" on c-span3, this afternoon before 5:00 eastern, historian barry lewis talks about construction of the brooklyn bridge, why manhattan need to the bridge, and how transportation in the city changed at the turn of the 20th century. >> when the brooklyn bridge was opened, it did not put the fairies out of business. they were running at capacity. mid-1890's, the city of brooklyn was next to kaine's county and rita million people. >> on "lectures in history -- >> that is the interesting thing on country music is it is the music of poor, white people. people who are privileged to be white. for underprivileged in terms of their class identity and economic opportunities. >> tickets in college professor of white nests in blackness in colonial america and how it impacted the origins of country music. then sunday afternoon at 4:00 on "real america" -- created evidence that this crusade against society's greatest enemies may be slowed, or worse, may level often fade. this was the climate, the land, and the task that face lyndon johnson on the first of december, 1966

history tv on c-span3, saturday afternoon just before 5:00 eastern, architectural hill toirian barry lewis talks about the construction of the brooklyn bridge, how transportation in the city changed at the turn of the 20th century. >> when the brooklyn brinch was opened it does not put the ferries out of business. out through the 1880s and 1890s. because by 18 9d -- >> on lectures in history. >> that's the interesting thing about country music is that it's the music of poor white people, people who are privileged to be white and i'll talk about that in a second. but also people who are underprivileged in terms of their class identity and their economic opportunities. >> dickinson college professor on the emerging definitions of whiteness and blackness in colonial america and how it impacted the origin of country music. then sunday afternoon at 4:00 on reel america -- >> a cautious congress, budget cutbacks and a tangle of state and local administrative approximate created evidence that this crew said may be slowed or worse, may level off and fade. that was the climate, the land and the unf

history tv auto c-span3, saturday afternoon, just before 5:00 eastern, architectural historian barry lewis talks about the construction of the brooklyn bridge, why manhattan needed the bridge, and how transportation in the city changed at the turn of the 20th century. >> when the brooklyn bridge was opened, it did not put the ferries out of business. the ferries were still running at capacity. by the mid 1890s, the city of brooklyn had reached 1 million people. >> then at 8:00, on lectures in history. >> that is the interesting thing about country music. it's the music of poor white people. people who were privileged white, is and i'll talk about that in a second. but also people who are under privilege in terms of their class identity and economic opportunities. >> dickinson college professor on the emerging definitions of whiteness and blackness in colonial america and how it impacted the origins of country music. . >>> then sunday afternoon at 4 on reel america. >> a cautious congress, budget cutbacks and a tangle of local and administrative problem on the new year's horizon, this probl

american history tv on c-span3, saturday afternoon just before 5:00 eastern, architectural historian barry lewisalks about the construction of the brooklyn bridge, why manhattan needed the bridge, and how transportation in the city changed at the turn of the 20th century. >> when the brooklyn bridge was opened, it is not that the ferries out of business. they were running at capacity. by the mid-1890's, the city of brooklyn had reached one million people. >> at 8:00 on lectures and history -- >> that is the interesting thing about country music is that it is the music of poor, white people. people privileged to be white, and also people who were underprivileged. in terms of their class identity and economic opportunities. >> professor siler on the emerging definition of white blackness in america and how it impacted country music. when saturday afternoon at 4:00. -- then saturday afternoon at 4:00 -- a created evidence that threat against the society me be smooth. -- society may be smooth. this is the task that faced lyndon johnson. the president 1966 documents the final month of the year of pre

announcer 1: this weekend on "american history tv," barry lewis talks about the construction of the brooklyn bridge, why manhattan needed the bridge, and have transportation into the city changed at the turn of the 20th century. >> when the brooklyn bridge was open, it did not put the fairies out of business. they will still -- they were still running at capacity. in the mid-1990's, the city of brooklyn had reached one million people. announcer 1: at 8:00 on lectures in history -- >> that is the interesting thing about country music is that is the music of poor white people. people who are privileged to be white, and i will talk about that in the second, but also people who are underprivileged in terms of their class identity and their economic opportunities. announcer 1: a professor on the emerging definitions of whiteness and blackness in colonial america and how it impacted the origins of country music. sunday afternoon at 4:00 on "reel america," -- [speaking simultaneously] >> cautious cutbacks, the yours verizon, created evidence this crusade against society's ,reatest enemies may be sl

american history tv on c-span3, this afternoon, just before 5:00 eastern, architectural historian barry lewis talks of the construction of the brooklyn thege, why manhattan needed bridge and why transportation in the city changed at the turn of the century. >> when the bridge opened, it did not put out of business, the fairies -- the ferries. reached of brooklyn had one million people. >> at 8:00, on lectures in history -- interesting thing about country music. it is the music of poor, white people. people privileged to be white but also people who are underprivileged. of their class identity and economic opportunities. >> dickerson college professor on the emerging definitions of whiteness and blackness in colonial america and how it impacted the origins of country music. reely afternoon at 4:00 on america -- >> the tangle of administrative problems created evidence that this crusade against society's greatest enemies they be slowed or may level off and fade. this was the climate that the unfinished tasks that faced lyndon johnson. president, -- the documents the final month of the year of p

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. ♪ >> this weekend on american history tv on c-span3, saturday , architectural historian barry lewisks about the construction of the brooklyn bridge, why manhattan needed the bridge and how it transportation -- how transportation in the city changed. >> when the brooklyn bridge was opened, it did not put the ferries out of business. the fairies were still running at capacity. mid-1890's, brooklyn had reached one million people. real interesting thing about country music. it is the music of poor white people. people who are privileged to be white but also people who are underprivileged. in terms of their class identity and economic opportunities. the: kotten syler on emerging definitions of whiteness and blackness in colonial america and how it impacted the origins of country music. sunday afternoon at 4:00 on real america -- >> budget cutbacks and a tangle of state and local administrative problems on the new year post horizon crated evidence that this crusade against society's greatest enemies may be slowed. this was the climate, the land and the unfinished task that faced lyndon jo