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Explore the intersection of technology, culture, and everyday life between 1840-1860, focusing on the economic growth, agricultural advancements, industrial progress, railroad boom, rising prosperity, quality of life, democratic pastimes, and the quest for nationality in literature and art.
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TECHNOLOGY, CULTURE, AND EVERYDAY LIFE, 1840–1860 CHAPTER 11
Technology and Economic Growth • Agricultural Advancement • Technology and Industrial Progress • The Railroad Boom • Rising Prosperity
The Quality of Life • Dwellings • Conveniences and Inconveniences • Disease and Health • Popular Health Movements • Phrenology
Democratic Pastimes • Newspapers • The Theater • Minstrel Shows 3 • P. T. Barnum
The Quest for Nationalityin Literature and Art • Roots of the American Renaissance • Cooper, Emerson,Thoreau, Fuller,and Whitman • Hawthorne, Melville, and Poe • Literature in the Marketplace • American Landscape Painting