Book ID: CBB001421332

Industrialization and the Transformation of American Life: A Brief Introduction (2013)

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Rees, Jonathan (Author)


M.E. Sharpe, Inc.


Publication Date: 2013
Physical Details: xix + 139 pp.; ill.; maps; bibl.; index
Language: English

This book provides a descriptive, episodic yet analytical synthesis of industrialization in America. It integrates analysis of the profound economic and social changes taking place during the period between 1877 and the start of the Great Depression. Ten topics--varieties of industrialization, questions of labor, immigration, urbanization, the Westward movement, the environment, transportation, power, politics, and the organization of work--are examined with each subject illustrated by three case studies. The 30 case studies were selected as examples of the underlying principles of industrialization that cumulatively convey a comprehensive understanding of the era.

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Authors & Contributors
Pursell, Carroll W.
Lorenzo Fattori
William W. Buzbee
Heath, Andrew
MacDowell, Laurel Sefton
Vitiello, Domenic
Concepts
Technology and society
Industrialization
Urbanization
Transportation
Labor and laborers
Environmentalism
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
18th century
21st century
20th century, early
17th century
Places
United States
Philadelphia, PA
Europe
Arkansas (U.S.)
Shanghai (China)
New York City (New York, U.S.)
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