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Daily life in the industrial United States, 1870-1900 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Husband, Julie
Other Authors: O'Loughlin, Jim
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2004.
Series:Greenwood Press "Daily life through history" series.
Subjects:
Industrialization > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
United States > Social life and customs > 1865-1918.
United States > Social conditions > 1865-1918.
United States > Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : "I felt everything get bigger and go quicker every day"
  • The city
  • The railroad
  • The factory and organized labor responses
  • Housework, houses, and women at home
  • Childhood and family life
  • Consumer culture
  • Leisure and entertainment
  • Education and health care
  • Religious and civic life
  • Conclusion : not the Gilded Age.