Our speaker for the Nation Among Nations program is Lisa Dorr, from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa. In this interesting lecture, Dr. Dorr discusses a range of issues in American history from 1900 through the Second World War, primarily concerning the Industrial Revolution, urbanization and the growth of cities, immigration (which largely caused the growth of those cities), and industrialization, and the growth of America as a world power. The Industrial Revolution of the late 19th/early 20th centuries, of course fueled the boom in cities and immigration that largely define this era.

She also highlights other issues that grow out of this period and that developed as a result of Industrialization: the rise of women's suffrage, the Progressive Movement, and labor unions.