America's Industrial Society in the 19th Century

The American Industrial Revolution came at a time when our young nation was ripe for growth and change. The government was looking for ways to expand the country's economic growth by turning to business as a way to prosper. Average citizens were looking to expand their own earning potential. It was a time when many Americans became rich. America changed from a rural, agrarian economy to one that relied on urban industrial power. This series explores the many faces of America's growth during this turbulent era, from the building of the railroads to the production of oil, coal mining, and large-scale farming that would feed the new industrial society to the laws necessary to control big businesses' rule over workers' rights. Using exciting primary source materials, these books provide important information and fascinating insight into the years of the robber barons and government cronyism, unionization and farmers' rights, and urban sprawl and tenement slums.