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1 Alan Brinkley, AMERICAN HISTORY 13/e 1

2 America in

3 The Urbanization of America The Lure of the City Rapid Urban Growth Majority Living in Cities Most from Europe Southern and Eastern Europe Migrations Geographic Mobility Most lacked Capital African-American Communities 3 Population Growth,

4 Immigration s Contribution to Population Growth, Sources of Immigration From Europe,

5 The Urbanization of America The Ethnic City The Diverse American City Benefits of Ethnic Communities Close-Knit Communities Jewish Communities Prospered Ethnic and Class Segregation in Milwaukee,

6 The Urbanization of America Assimilation Americanization Second Generation Immigrants Changing Gender Roles Scenes from a New York City ghetto fish market (Library of Congress) 6

7 Immigration Under Attack, 1903 (New York Public Library. Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations) 7

8 The Urbanization of America Exclusion Nativism American Protective Association Immigration Restriction League-1894 Desirable Immigrants Chinese Exclusion Act-1882 Advantages of Cheap Labor Immigrants arriving at Ellis Island 8 (Library of Congress)

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10 The Urban Landscape The Creation of Public Space Frederick Law Olmstead and Calvert Vaux City Beautiful Movement The Back Bay Frog Pond at Boston Common, 1899 (Library of Congress) 10

11 The Mall in Central Park, 1902 (Library of Congress) 11

12 The Urban Landscape Housing the Well-to-Do Growth of Suburbs Moderately Well-to-Do People 12 Streetcar Suburbs in Nineteenth Century New Orleans

13 The Urban Landscape Housing Workers and the Poor Tenements Population Density Manhattan-1894 Jacob Riis How the Other Half Lives Attic tenement house (Library of Congress) 13

14 The Urban Landscape Urban Transportation Transportation Problems Elevated Railroads Subways Trolleys and Cable Cars Suspension Bridges Mass Transit Elevated Railway in Chicago (Library of Congress) 14

15 The Urban Landscape The Skyscraper Steel-Girder Construction Empire Building in New York (Library of Congress) 15

16 Strains of Urban Life Fire and Disease Development of Professional Fire Departments Environmental Degradation Air Pollution Public Health Service 16

17 17 Strains of Urban Life Urban Poverty Salvation Army Crime and Violence High Crime Rates The Machine and the Boss Boss Rule Political Machines Urban Immigrant Votes Patronage Material Assistance to the Poor Graft and Corruption Reasons for Boss Rule Tammany Hall Boss William M. Tweed

18 The Rise of Mass Consumption Middle-Class Culture Patterns of Income and Consumption Rising Income for almost all Americans New Merchandising Techniques 18

19 The Rise of Mass Consumption Chain Stores and Mail-Order Houses Chain Stores Social Consequences of Mail-Order Catalogs Department Stores Impact of the Department Stores Women as Consumers National Consumer League-1890s Florence Kelley Improved Wages and Working Conditions 19

20 Leisure in the Consumer Society Redefining Leisure New Conceptions of Leisure Simon Patten Public Leisure Amusement Park in Ohio (Library of Congress) 20

21 Leisure in the Consumer Society Spectator Sports Major League Baseball Growth of College Football Gambling and Sports Woman with a Royal Flush (Royalty-Free / CORBIS) 21

22 Leisure in the Consumer Society Music and Theater Ethnic Theater Vaudeville The Movies Birth of a Nation Mass Entertainment Hammerstein Theater (Library of Congress) 22

23 Leisure in the Consumer Society Working-Class Leisure Importance of the Saloon The Fourth of July Importance of the Fourth of July Fourth of July Salute, 1893 (Library of Congress) 23

24 Leisure in the Consumer Society Private Pursuits Dime Novels Mass Communications Emergence of Newspaper Chains 24

25 High Culture in the Age of the City The Literature of Urban America Social Realism Art in the Age of the City Ashcan School The Brooklyn Bridge (Licensed for Use) 25

26 High Culture in the Age of the City The Impact of Darwinism Charles Darwin (Library of Congress) Natural Selection Resistance from Theologians, Scientists and Educators Pragmatism Growth of Anthropology 26

27 High Culture in the Age of the City Toward Universal Schooling Spread of Public Education Land-Grant Institutions University of Minnesota, ca (Library of Congress) 27

28 High Culture in the Age of the City Education for Women Women s Colleges Expand Our failures marry. Administrator at Bryn Mawr 28

29 America in the World: Global Migrations 29

30 Patterns of Popular Culture: Coney Island Coney Island, NY (Library of Congress) , The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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