Industrial Revolution
eBook - PDF

Industrial Revolution

People and Perspectives

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Industrial Revolution

People and Perspectives

About this book

This volume in the Perspectives in American Social History series reveals the long reach of the Industrial Revolution into the work lives and self-perceptions of average Americans. Industrial Revolution: People and Perspectives offers a well-informed look at the impact of new labor practices in the 1800s. It analyzes this pivotal moment in the broader context of the nation's economic development, measuring its consequences for Americans as both workers and consumers in all regions of the country. Industrial Revolution examines what industrialization meant for American artisans, women workers, slaves, and manufacturers. It shows how this new working world led to sharpening class divisions and expanded consumerism. Throughout, groundbreaking social historians draw on 19th-century primary documents and the latest research to show how the Industrial Revolution transformed the life the average American.

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Information

Publisher
ABC-CLIO
Year
2008
Print ISBN
9781598840650
eBook ISBN
9781598840667
Edition
1
Topic
History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Series Introduction
  4. Introduction
  5. About the Editor and Contributors
  6. Chronology
  7. 1 White Male Artisans
  8. 2 Free Women Workers
  9. 3 Slaves
  10. 4 Manufacturers
  11. 5 Consumers
  12. 6 Readers and Writers
  13. 7 Working Class
  14. 8 Middle Class
  15. 9 Immigrants
  16. Primary Documents
  17. Reference
  18. Bibliography
  19. Index