Daily Life in the Progressive Era (The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series: Daily Life in the United States)

This book provides a historical examination of everyday life to reveal how and why Americans during the Progressive Era structured their world and made their lives meaningful.The Progressive Era represented a tumultuous time for Americans as they attempted to come to terms with a rapidly emerging modern, urban, and industrial society, and ultimately the dislocations caused by World War I. Steven L. Piott's Daily Life in the Progressive Era tells the story of how all Americans-black and white, women and men, rural inhabitants and urban residents, workers and employers, consumers and producers-contended with new cultural attitudes, persistent racial and class tensions, and the power struggles of evolving classes.This book provides a broad examination of American society between 1900 and 1920. Organized thematically, it covers rural and urban America, the changing nature of work, race relations, popular culture, citizen activism, and society during wartime. Appropriate for general readers as well as students of history, Daily Life in the Progressive Era provides an informed and compelling narrative history and analysis of daily life within the context of broad historical patterns. This book provides a historical examination of everyday life to reveal how and why Americans during the Progressive Era structured their world and made their lives meaningful. The Progressive Era represented a tumultuous time for Americans as they attempted to come to terms with a rapidly emerging modern, urban, and industrial society, and ultimately the dislocations caused by World War I. Steven L. Piott's Daily Life in the Progressive Era tells the story of how all Americansblack and white, women and men, rural inhabitants and urban residents, workers and employers, consumers and producerscontended with new cultural attitudes, persistent racial and class tensions, and the power struggles of evolving classes. This book provides a broad examination of American society between 1900 and 1920. Organized thematically, it covers rural and urban America, the changing nature of work, race relations, popular culture, citizen activism, and society during wartime. Appropriate for general readers as well as students of history, Daily Life in the Progressive Era provides an informed and compelling narrative history and analysis of daily life within the context of broad historical patterns. Piott (history, Clarion U. in Clarion, PA) presents this examination of American society during the Progressive era, 1900-1920. This period of American history saw many difficult changes for Americans as the Industrial Revolution began to take its strongest hold on the lives and culture of America's population. This study looks at relationships between race, sex, employment, production, and consumption in the changing contexts of rural and urban lifestyles. The book will appeal to those interested in American history. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 8 Series Foreword......Page 10 Prologue......Page 12 Chronology......Page 18 1: Rural America......Page 24 2: Workers......Page 70 3: Popular Culture......Page 112 4: Citizen Activism and Civic Engagement......Page 156 5: The Progressive Era and Race......Page 200 6: The First World War and American Society......Page 244 Epilogue......Page 286 Glossary......Page 292 Bibliography......Page 296 Index......Page 304