The Response to Industrialism, 1885-1913

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.

ISBN 0226321630   Pages 240 ISBN13 9780226321639 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher The University of Chicago Press   Weight (grammes) 340 Imprint University of Chicago Press   Published in Chicago, IL Format Hardback   Series editor Boorstin, Daniel J., Boorstin, Daniel J. Publication date 16 Apr 1996   Series title Chicago History of American Civilization S. Non-book description xiii, 266 p. ;   Height (mm) 220 Library of Congress HC105.H35   Width (mm) 150 DEWEY 330.973   Spine width (mm) 19 DEWEY edition DC21   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly

		Editor's Foreword to the Second Edition
		Preface to the Second Edition
		Introduction: The Old and the New		1
1		Industrialism Under Way		7
2		Modernization in Values and Culture		25
3		Urbanization		47
4		The Emerging Organizational Society		69
5		The Reform Impulse		92
6		City and Country		120
7		Sectionalism: Economics, Society, and Politics		149
8		Governing in an Age of Change		174
9		Expansion of the American Nation		200
		Conclusion: America's Response to Industrialism in Review		227
		Important Dates		237
		Suggested Reading		243
		Index		253

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