Session 1: “Taking Stock of the Nation in 1859″
Christy Coleman, Gary Gallagher, Joan Waugh, Walter Johnson, Edward L. Ayers Panelists are going to paint a broad panorama of what the nation looked like in 1859. EA: What will leep out of the 1859 census? GG: Growth of the nation and expansion of information network. Dominant theme: growth and energy. JW: Two largest immigrant groups in the north – Germans and Irish. Looked at St. Louis, MO: Is it a northern or western state…it’s all three. Pop. 160,000 with large immigrant populatio