'The New World of America takes
Shape'
EILEEN POWER, Professor of Economic History in the University of London
Last term listeners heard about the great changes which were taking place in Europe in the nineteenth century, and how those changes spread all over the world. This term will deal mainly with the other continents. Professor Eileen Power begins with America this afternoon. In this talk and the one that follows next week, the story will be told of how the New World took shape ; how the Spanish and Portuguese colonies became independent States ; how the United States of America grew into a great nation ; how the Civil War brought about the freeing of the slaves ; and how Canada became a self-governing Dominion of the British Empire.