Daily Life in the Industrial United States, 1870-1900, 2nd Edition

by
Julie Husbandauthor
Jim O'Loughlinauthor
Daily Life in the Industrial United States, 1870-1900, 2nd Edition

20190624

Greenwood

Pages 328
Topics Department Stores and Mail Order Catalogs;The Golden Age of Bicycling;The Great Chicago Fire;The Great Uprising of 1877;The Growth of Print Culture;The Homestead Act and the Growth of Rural America;Medical Care: Industrial Era Challenges and Limited Progress;The Rise of Public Education Systems

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Daily Life in the Industrial United States, 1870-1900, 2nd Edition

Author(s): Husband, Julie; O'Loughlin, Jim;
Contributors: Husband, Julie; O'Loughlin, Jim;
Abstract:

Not just about the rise of the factories or the emergence of the modern city, this fascinating history conveys how it felt to work the assembly line and walk the bustling urban streets.


• Provides an overview of the dramatic economic changes occurring in the United States during industrialization, especially in the textile, meatpacking, steel, and railroad industries

• Describes a political culture marked by high participation rates in the North, active suppression of the African American vote in the South, and a youth culture that made voting an important male rite of passage

• Offers primary documents that invite readers to consider contrasting positions on a variety of issues, including how white supremacists justified violence and suppression of the black vote and how African American activists spoke out to resist this

• Explores a variety of educational models, including manual education, Montessori education, and single-sex education, that resonate with contemporary debates on education

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Author Info:
Julie Husbandauthor
Jim O'Loughlinauthor
eISBN-13: 9781440863493
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Print ISBN-13: 9781440863486
Imprint: Greenwood
Pages: 328
Publication Date: 20190624
Series: Daily Life