The Response to Industrialism, 1885-1914 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780226321646)

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.


Author: Samuel P. Hays
ISBN-10: 0226321649
ISBN-13: 9780226321646
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Language: English
Published: 11/01/1995
Pages: 280
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 7.97h x 5.27w x 0.54d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 06/01/1996 pg. 158