Daily Life in the Industrial United States, 1870-1900 (Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History) (Hardback) By (author) Julie Husband, By (author) Jim O'Loughlin

Full bibliographic data for Daily Life in the Industrial United States, 1870-1900

Title

Daily Life in the Industrial United States, 1870-1900

Authors and contributors

By (author) Julie Husband, By (author) Jim O'Loughlin

Physical properties

Format: Hardback
Number of pages: 288
Width: 157 mm
Height: 237 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight: 590 g

Audience

College/higher education
General/trade

Language

English

ISBN

ISBN 13: 9780313323027
ISBN 10: 031332302X

Classifications

Dewey: 973.8
BISAC category code: HIS036040

Publisher

Greenwood Pub Group

Imprint name

Greenwood

Publication date

30 September 2004

Publication City/Country

Westport, CT/US

Main description

First-hand accounts, photographs and newspaper cartoons add to the immediacy of this depiction of life in the industrial age. Husband and O'Loughlin, both from the University of Northern Iowa, cover every aspect of that period from national concerns, such as building the railroad system and organized labor, to more quotidian details, such as shopping, housework and fashion. Husband and O'Loughlin report a variety of experiences, noting, but not exploring, the controversies of the day. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Review quote

?[U]ses source material to document a changing period of the Industrial Age, when electric power made the night accesible, cities became packed with immigrants from the countryside looking for work in the new industries, and polution became an issue. First-hand accounts from workers, children and others make intimate these many changes in all their facets.?-Donovan's Bookshelf