The Response To Industrialism, 1885-1914 (the Chicago History Of American Civilization)

In this new edition, Samuel P. Hays expands the scope of his pioneering account of the ways in which Americans reacted to industrialism during its early years from 1885 to 1914. Hays now deepens his coverage of cultural transformations in a study well known for its concise treatment of political and economic movements. Hays draws on the vast knowledge of America's urban and social history that has been developed over the last thirty-eight years to make the second edition an unusually well-rounded study. He enhances the original coverage of politics, labor, and business with new accounts of the growth of cities, the rise of modern values, cultural conflicts with Native Americans and foreign nations, and changing roles for women, African-Americans, education, religion, medicine, law, and leisure. The result is a tightly woven portrait of America in transition that underscores the effects of impersonal market forces and greater personal freedom on individuals and chronicles such changes as the rise of social inequality, shifting power, in the legal system, the expansion of the federal government, and the formation of the Populist, Progressive, and Socialist parties.

In this new edition, Samuel P. Hays expands the scope of his pioneering account of the ways in which Americans reacted to industrialism during its early years from 1885 to 1914. Hays now deepens his coverage of cultural transformations in a study well known for its concise treatment of political and economic movements.

Hays draws on the vast knowledge of America's urban and social history that has been developed over the last thirty-eight years to make the second edition an unusually well-rounded study. He enhances the original coverage of politics, labor, and business with new accounts of the growth of cities, the rise of modern values, cultural conflicts with Native Americans and foreign nations, and changing roles for women, African-Americans, education, religion, medicine, law, and leisure. The result is a tightly woven portrait of America in transition that underscores the effects of impersonal market forces and greater personal freedom on individuals and chronicles such changes as the rise of social inequality, shifting power, in the legal system, the expansion of the federal government, and the formation of the Populist, Progressive, and Socialist parties.

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Contents 8 Editor's Foreword to the Second Edition 10 Preface to the Second Edition 14 Introduction: The Old and the New 16 1. Industrialism Under Way 22 2. Modernization in Values and Culture 40 3. Urbanization 62 4. The Emerging Organizational Society 84 5. The Reform Impulse 107 6. City and Country 135 7. Sectionalism: Economics, Society, and Politics 164 8. Governing in an Age of Change 189 9. Expansion of the American Nation 215 Conclusion: America's Response to Industrialism in Review 242 Important Dates 252 Suggested Reading 258 Index 268 Analyzes the variety of reactions felt by different groups of Americans during a period of economic develop- ment and social conflict.