Industrialization and the Transformation of American Life: A Brief Introduction: A Brief Introduction / Edition 1

by Jonathan Rees

Overview

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. The text is supported by 30 case studies to illustrate the underlying principles of industrialization that cumulatively convey a comprehensive understanding of the era.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780765622563
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/15/2012
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Preface vii

Introduction ix

Chapter 1 Varieties of Industrialization 3

The Edgar Thomson Works of the Carnegie Steel Company 5

The Triangle Shirtwaist Company 9

The Washburn "A" Hour Mill 13

Chapter 2 The Labor Question 17

The Knights of Labor 19

The American Federation of Labor 23

The Industrial Workers of the World 25

Chapter 3 Immigration 31

The Chinese Exclusion Act 33The Alien Contract Labor Law and Other Immigration Regulation 37

The Dillingham Commission 40

Chapter 4 Urbanization 44

The Columbian Exhibition and the Real Chicago 47

Streetcar Suburbs 49

Structural Steel and the Elevator 52

Chapter 5 The West 56

Refrigerated Transport 58

Factories in the Fields 60

The Dawes Severalty Act and Native American Education 63

Chapter 6 Environment 67

Oysters 69

The Destruction of the Longleaf Pine 71

Industrialization and the Origins of American Environmentalism 74

Chapter 7 Transportation 80

The Power of the Locomotive 83

Railroad Space, Railroad Time 85

Steamships 88

Chapter 8 The Politics of Industrialization 92

The Sherman Antitrust Act 95

Populism 98

The Progressive Movement 102

Chapter 9 Reform 106

Taylorism 109

Fordism 112

Welfare Capitalism 116

Epilogue 121

Selected Bibliography 129

Index 131

About the Author 139