Julie Husband, Jim O'Loughlin

Daily Life in the Industrial United States, 1870-1900

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Produktbeschreibung

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. Daily Life in the Industrial United States: 1870-1900 is a narrative-based social history that is ideal for college and high school students researching this era. Thematically organized chapters, devoted to Economic Life, Domestic Life, Recreational Life, and other themes, are broad in scope but include primary documents and telling details that give readers a visceral sense of the lives of people who lived during the era of industrialization. Primary documents range from first-person diaries of individuals who lived during the era, to letters from freed slaves looking to reunite with relatives sold away from them, to speeches and essays by activists including Frederick Douglass and Jane Addams. They reveal how people understood the goals of education, the legal position of African Americans in the South, and marriage, among many other daily phenomena. Readers will become privy to a range of personal experiences while comprehending the importance of the economic and social developments of the period. A chronology, a glossary, a selection of illustrations, and further reading sources complete the work.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing plc
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 658g
• ISBN-13: 9781440863486
• ISBN-10: 1440863482
• Artikelnr.: 55395426

Autorenporträt

Julie Husband, PhD, is professor of American Literature at the University of Northern Iowa. Jim O'Loughlin, PhD, is professor of American Literature and creative writing at the University of Northern Iowa.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the Second Edition Introduction: The Global Context of
Industrial America Chronology Glossary 1. Economic Life Introduction Major
Industry Transformations Textiles Steel Meatpacking Reconstruction and the
South Taxation, Tariffs, and the "Money Question" The City Conclusion:
Railroads and Economic Life Document: Isaac L. Peebles, "Politeness of
Passengers on the Train," 1899 Document: Jane Leary, "The Shoeworker of
Lynn," Interview Conducted in 1939 2. Political Life Introduction
Reconstruction in the South Machine Politics in the North Political Policy
Challenges and Responses The Development of Social Welfare Programs
Building Railroads and Building Resentment Conclusion: The Great Uprising
of 1877 Document: Frederick Douglass, "Lessons of the Hour," 1894 Document:
Benjamin R. Tillman, Speech to Congress, 1900 3. Material Life Introduction
Housing and Class Food Alcohol and Drug Consumption Department Stores and
Mail-Order Catalogs Advertising Clothing and Fashion Looking Backward and
Consumer Culture Document: Catherine Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe,
"Pure Air," 1869 Document: Edward Bellamy, Looking Backward, 1888 Document:
Theodore Dreiser, Carrie and the Department Store, 1900 4. Domestic Life
Women's Work: The Ideology of Separate Spheres "Calling Her Women
Together": Labor and Delivery in the Home The Creation of Childhood
Bringing up Baby in the Upper-Middle-Class Home Flower Children and Play
Play and Work among Urban, Working-Class Children Working-Class Children
and Social Control Courtship and Marriage Women's Responsibilities: A
Typical Week Working Out and Managing Domestic Servants Life in Death and
Death in Life: Mourning and Funerals Conclusion Document: Annie Holmes
Ricketson, Journal Excerpts, 1871-1874 Document: Eunice Beecher,
"Management of Infants," 1881 5. Intellectual Life Introduction: The Growth
of Public Networks The Rise of Public Education Systems Women's Education
Medical Care: Industrial-Era Challenges and Limited Progress The
Institutionalization of Science The Growth of Print Culture Novels of the
Industrial Era Conclusion Document: Zitkála-Sá, "The School Days of an
Indian Girl," 1884 Document: Jane Addams, Twenty Years at Hull-House, 1910
6. Recreational Life Introduction The Class Contours of Recreation Physical
Recreation Public Amusements Traveling Shows Conclusion: The Golden Age of
Bicycling Document: I. G. Blanchard, "Eight Hours," 1878 Document: Cyrus
Edson, "Do We Live Too Fast?" 1892 7. Religious Life Introduction Religion
in the Industrial Era Protestantism Roman Catholicism Protestant-Catholic
Conflict Judaism New Denominations and Sects Religious Holidays Civic Life
in the Industrial Era The Black Church in the South Document: Mary Baker
Eddy, Science and Health, 1875 Document: Mark Twain, "Christian Science and
the Book of Mrs. Eddy," 1899 Conclusion: Not the Gilded Age Works Cited
Index