This new addition to the This is Who We Were series provides the
reader with a deeper understanding of day-to-day life in America
during the last two decades of the 19th century. Readers will
uncover what life was like for ordinary Americans as they lived
through an industrialized revolution, labor strikes, an influx of
millions of immigrants, and the expansion of cities and the
railroad. Collecting information from government surveys, social
worker histories, economic data, family diaries, letters,
newspapers, and magazine features, This is Who We Were: 1880-1899
assembles a remarkable personal and realistic look into America's
past. This new volume features nearly 30 profiles of people living
and working in the 1880s and 1890s, painting a complete picture of
what it was like to live in America in this period. These stories
portray both struggling and successful Americans from various
economic classes, occupations, and regions across the country,
capturing a wide range of thoughts and emotions. This new reference
source is divided into five major sections, preceded by a thorough
Introduction and an essay titled "America, 1880-1899," and followed
by a detailed Bibliography and alphabetical Index. Section I,
Personal Profiles, contains 29 profiles of individuals and families
from the time period, beginning with a brief introduction that
anchors the text to the year provided. Then, each profile is
arranged into three categories, all detailing thorough information
about the person profiled: Life at Home, Life at Work, and Life in
the Community. Subjects profiled include: a Railroad Construction
Engineer in 1883, a Professional Baseball Player in 1888, an
Anti-Corset Campaigner in 1896, an African-American Wood Turner in
1898, a Teenage Garment Industry Labor Organizer in 1898, and many
more. Section II, Historical Snapshots, includes lists of important
"firsts" for America, from technical advances and political events
to new products and top-selling books. Divided into three
subsections (Early 1880s, Late 1880s/Early 1890s, Late 1890s), this
section highlights significant turning points in American history,
such as President James Garfield's assassination, Susan B.
Anthony's Congress for Women's Rights in Washington, D.C., and the
end of the Spanish-American War. Section III, Economy of the Times,
looks at a wide range of economic data, including food, clothing,
transportation, housing, and other selected prices, with reprints
of actual advertisements for products and services of the time.
Figures for Annual Income and Selected Prices are included, as well
as a Value of a Dollar Index that compares the rate of $1 for every
year between 1860 and 2014. Section IV, All Around Us-What We Saw,
Wrote, Read & Listened To, includes reprints of newspaper and
magazine articles, letters, posters, and others items designed to
help the reader focus on what was on the minds of Americans in the
late 1800s. These printed pieces show how popular opinion was
formed, and how American life was affected. Featured selections
include an advertisement for Early American Home Remedies, an
account of Billy the Kid's death, and the poem "Casey at the Bat"
by Ernest Thayer. Finally, Section V, Census Data, begins with six
state-by-state comparative tables from the 1880, 1900, and 2010
Censuses, all of which include table topics on Total Population,
White Population, Black Population, American Indian/Alaskan Native
Population, Asian Population, and Homeownership Rate. Following
these tables are reprints from the original 1890 Census of
Population, including the article "Progress on the Nation: 1790 to
1890," as well as various maps, tables, graphs, charts, and
narratives, helping readers to effectively visualize the
environment at that time. This is Who We Were: 1880-1899 is a
dynamic new title built to fill many academic, personal research,
and curriculum needs. This comprehensive look at the last 20 years
of the 19th century presents American history through the eyes and
ears of everyday Americans, not just the word of historians or
politicians.
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