PREINDUSTRIAL WAYS OF WORKING

Rural Life

            Characteristics-

            Men v. Women

“Family” Labor System-

Urban Artisans and Workers-

The Social Order

            Husband/ Wife

            Class structure

THE TRANSPORTATION REVOLUTION

Roads

            National road-

Canals / Steamboat

            Erie Canal-

            Robert Fulton

Railroads-

Impact of Transportation Revolution

MARKET REVOLUTION-

The Accumulation of Capital-

The Putting-Out System-

The Spread of Commercial Markets

British Technology and American Industrialization-

Slater’s Mill-

The Lowell Mills-

Family Mills-

“The American System of Manufactures”-

Other Factories-

FROM ARTISAN TO WORKER

Personal Relationships-

Mechanization and Women’s Work-

Time, Work, and Leisure-

The Cash Economy-

Free Labor-

Early Strikes-

A NEW SOCIAL ORDER

Wealth and Class-

Religion and Personal Life-

The New Middle-Class Family-

Family Limitation-

Middle-Class Children-

Sentimentalism-

Transcendentalism and Self-Reliance-