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The Dual Rise of the Modern American City and the Modern American Laborer. Notes and presentation (17 Slides)

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The Role of Population Migrations in the Rise of the Modern American City • The diversity of American industrial workers in the late 19th century and the “Managerial Revolution” • The emer... gence of the “Middle Class” and the growing conception of “leisure time” in 19th century American life European Immigrants Packed on Steamer Ships Population Migrations and the Growth of Cities Immigrant Life in Urban Tenements How the Other Half Lives” (Published by photojournalist Jacob Riis in 1890) By the 1890s, the wealthiest 1% of Americans owned over 50% of material wealth in America By 1900, children between the ages of 10-15 made up over 18% of the industrial labor force Children at Work in Industrial America By 1890, over 3,700,000 women worked in some capacity related to industrial production Women and Industry The “Managerial Revolution” and the Emergence of the “White Collar The development of the corporation in the late 19th century resulted in a “managerial revolution,” or the introduction of the white collar worker Domesticity and the Introduction of “Leisure” to American Life [Show More]

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