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EPISODE · Oct 17, 2019 · 27 MIN

Labor Day, Religion and American Prosperity

from The Everyday Scholar

American Public University faculty member Robert King and Dr. Bjorn Mercer discuss Labor Day, religion, and American prosperity. Robert King goes over the 1891 Catholic papal encyclical Rerum Novarum by Pope Leo XIII, the Pullman Railroad Strike of 1894, and how ethnic classifications were used to manipulate, control, divide, and ultimately exploit workers at Pullman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

American Public University faculty member Robert King and Dr. Bjorn Mercer discuss Labor Day, religion, and American prosperity. Robert King goes over the 1891 Catholic papal encyclical Rerum Novarum by Pope Leo XIII, the Pullman Railroad Strike of 1894, and how ethnic classifications were used to manipulate, control, divide, and ultimately exploit workers at Pullman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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