Fireside Meeting - A talk with historian Gregory Dreicer
Mon, Nov 02
|Hillside Club
Historian and curator Gregory Dreicer discusses the impacts of the cultural narratives and construction processes that together propelled nation building during the 19th century.
Time & Location
Nov 02, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Hillside Club, 2286 Cedar St, Berkeley, CA 94709, USA
About the event
Around 1800, builders erected one bridge at a time. Within 50 years, they were constructing hundreds of thousands. Historian and curator Gregory Dreicer investigates how innovators developed mass construction strategies essential to industrialization and nation building . . . and why you’ve never heard this story before. In a talk that springs from his book, American Bridge: Reinventing Building, Making History, Dreicer challenges two centuries of evolutionist and nationalist narratives. These tales continue to determine how we understand technology and each other.
Admission is free.
Please register in advance here.
The Hillside Club Fireside meetings are held on the first Monday of most months (January, February, March, April, May, June, September, October, and November). They are open to the public and admission is free to members, with a suggested donation for non-members.
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