5.9 - Society and the Industrial Age
Topics
- blue-collar vs white-collar work (Youtube search)
- slums, tenements, and urban life (Youtube search)
- the lure of the middle class lifestyle (Youtube search)
- child labor, disruption of family connection by factory life (Youtube search)
- The growth of convenience, and its price in pollution (Youtube search)
- The rise of feminism
Discussion
- How could it be that both feminism and the concept of an ideal female homemaker arose during the same time period?
- What do you think it was about the dream of middle-class life that could lead rural people to swarm to the city and take difficult, dirty, and dangerous factory jobs?