AMERICAN SOCIETY IN THE
INDUSTRIAL AGE
INDUSTRIAL AGE
MIDDLE CLASS LIFE
MIDDLE‐CLASS LIFE
Families were generally smaller than before
Families were generally smaller than before
Young people increasingly were able to marry for
“true love” rather than purely social reason true love rather than purely social reason
Men worked away from home – in shops, offices, and factories df i
¼ of all urban families employed at least 1 servant
Consumerism – fashionable clothes, nicer homes,
Keeping up with the Jones
“Keeping up with the Jones’”
SKILLED AND UNSKILLED WORKERS
SKILLED AND UNSKILLED WORKERS
885,000 in 1860 to 3.2 million in 1890
885 000 in 1860 to 3 2 million in 1890
Standard of living slowly increased, as did