Inventors of the AgeFrom Invention to Industrial GrowthBuilding Industrial America on the Backs of LaborA New American Consumer Culture
U.S. History is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of most introductory courses. The text provides a balanced approach to U.S. history, considering the people, events, and ideas that have shaped the United States from both the top down (politics, economics, diplomacy) and bottom up (eyewitness accounts, lived experience). U.S. History covers key forces that form the American experience, with particular attention to issues of race, class, and gender.Senior Contributing AuthorsP. Scott Corbett, Ventura CollegeVolker Janssen, California State University, FullertonJohn M. Lund, Keene State CollegeTodd Pfannestiel, Clarion UniversityPaul Vickery, Oral Roberts UniversitySylvie Waskiewicz
Inventors of the AgeFrom Invention to Industrial GrowthBuilding Industrial America on the Backs of LaborA New American Consumer Culture
By the end of this section, you will be able to:Explain how the ideas and products of late nineteenth-century inventors contributed to the rise of big businessExplain how the inventions of the late nineteenth century changed everyday American life