Daily life in the industrial United States, 1870-1900
By: Julie Husband and Jim O'Loughlin.
Contributors: O'Loughlin, Jim.
Series: The Greenwood Press "Daily life through history" series,
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
Subjects: Industrialization -- Social  aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; United States -- Social life and customs -- 1865-1918.; United States -- Social conditions -- 1865-1918.; United States -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-261) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : "I felt everything get bigger and go quicker every day"; title: The city; title: The railroad; title: The factory and organized labor responses; title: Housework, houses and women at home; title: Childhood and family life; title: Consumer culture; title: Leisure and entertainment; title: Education and health care; title: Religious and civic life; title: Conclusion : not the Gilded Age.