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The Chinese in California, 1850-1925
The Chinese in California, 1850-1925
The Chinese in California, 1850-1925 illustrates nineteenth and early twentieth century Chinese immigration to California through about 8,000 images and pages of primary source materials. Included are photographs, original art, cartoons and other illustrations; letters, excerpts from diaries, business records, and legal documents; as well as pamphlets, broadsides, speeches, sheet music, and other printed matter. These documents describe the experiences of Chinese immigrants in California, including the nature of inter-ethnic tensions. They also document the specific contributions of Chinese immigrants to commerce and business, architecture and art, agriculture and other industries, and cultural and social life in California. From the Library of Congress
#immigration#US History#US History II#US History I#culture#progressive era
·memory.loc.gov·
The Chinese in California, 1850-1925
Andrew Carnegie: Gospel of Wealth
Andrew Carnegie: Gospel of Wealth
To resolve what might seem to be contradictions between the creation of wealth, which he saw as proceeding from immutable social laws, and social provision he came up with the notion of the "gospel of wealth". He lived up to his word, and gave away his fortune to socially beneficial projects, most famously by funding libraries.
#US History#US History I#primary source
·fordham.edu·
Andrew Carnegie: Gospel of Wealth
American Capitalism: A History -- FINALS - YouTube
American Capitalism: A History -- FINALS - YouTube
Professors Edward Baptist & Louis Hyman of Cornell University are featured here in 100 videos explaining various aspects of the economics history of the United States. The real value of this resource is the targeted nature of the videos, world teachers can supplement lessons on the origins of money, accounting, slavery and the spice trade. US History teachers can supplement lessons on the Virginia Company, the social impact of department stores or the automobile. Quick, targeted and replete with an accesible, yet more sophisticated than would ever be found in a textbook
#video lectures and lessons#US History I#US History II#world studies revision#US I Unit 8 Becoming Industrial Society#US II Unit 2: Progressive Era#US II Unit 4: 1950s Early Cold War
·youtube.com·
American Capitalism: A History -- FINALS - YouTube
Pryamid of the capitalist system
Pryamid of the capitalist system
Political Cartoon that is not unlike those of the French Revolution except with this one there are not three estates, but rather several levels with "capitalism" rather than the king at the top. Just the same, it is the workers at the bottom, just like the peasants of the Third Estate
#US History I#US History#propaganda#political cartoons#progressive era#US I Unit 8 Becoming Industrial Society#primary source#US II Unit 2: Progressive Era
·upload.wikimedia.org·
Pryamid of the capitalist system
Veblen: The Theory of the Leisure Class (book)
Veblen: The Theory of the Leisure Class (book)
The Theory of the Leisure Class is considered one of the great works of economics as well as the first detailed critique of consumerism. In the book, Veblen argues that economic life is driven not by notions of utility, but by social vestiges from pre-historic times. Drawing examples from the contemporary period and anthropology, he held that much of today's society is a variation on early tribal life.This may have relevance for the digital age when facebook "tribes" are branded for marketeers.
#US History#US History II#US History I#culture#economics#books#US I Unit 8 Becoming Industrial Society#US II Unit 2: Progressive Era
·xroads.virginia.edu·
Veblen: The Theory of the Leisure Class (book)
Variety Stage: Vaudeville and Popular Entertainment, 1870-1920
Variety Stage: Vaudeville and Popular Entertainment, 1870-1920
The American Variety Stage is a multimedia anthology selected from various Library of Congress holdings. This collection illustrates the vibrant and diverse forms of popular entertainment, especially vaudeville, that thrived from 1870-1920. Included are 334 English- and Yiddish-language playscripts, 146 theater playbills and programs, 61 motion pictures, 10 sound recordings and 143 photographs and 29 memorabilia items documenting the life and career of Harry Houdini. From the Library of Congress
#historical music#culture#US History#US History I#US History II#US I Unit 8 Becoming Industrial Society#US II Unit 2: Progressive Era
·memory.loc.gov·
Variety Stage: Vaudeville and Popular Entertainment, 1870-1920
The History of the Standard Oil Company
The History of the Standard Oil Company
Full text of book by Ira Tarbell from the University of Rochester. Exposé of the Standard Oil Company, run at that time by oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, the richest figure in America's history. Originally serialized in 19 parts in McClure's magazine, the book was a seminal example of muckraking, and inspired many other journalists to write about trusts, large businesses that (in the absence of strong antitrust law in the 19th century) attempted to gain monopolies in various industries.
#US History#US History I#books#US I Unit 8 Becoming Industrial Society#primary source#US II Unit 2: Progressive Era
·archive.org·
The History of the Standard Oil Company
Open Collections Program: Women Working - , 1800-1930
Open Collections Program: Women Working - , 1800-1930

Women Working, 1800-1930 explores women's roles in the US economy between 1800 and the Great Depression and includes documentation of working conditions, conditions in the home, costs of living, recreation, health and hygiene, conduct of life, policies and regulations governing the workplace, and social issues Check the menu on the left for digitized diaries and links to corporate and organizational records.

#US History#US History I#US History II#US I Unit 8 Becoming Industrial Society#primary source#US II Unit 2: Progressive Era#US I Unit 2: Market Revolution
·ocp.hul.harvard.edu·
Open Collections Program: Women Working - , 1800-1930
Henry George - Progress and Poverty
Henry George - Progress and Poverty
The association of poverty with progress is the great enigma of our times. It is the source of our industrial, social and political difficulties. Our statesmen, philanthropists, and educators grapple with it in vain. This riddle, if not answered, will eventually topple our entire civilization. To solve the riddle, we must research the immutable laws governing the science of economics
#US History#US History I#progressive era#books#US I Unit 8 Becoming Industrial Society#primary source
·henrygeorge.org·
Henry George - Progress and Poverty
Inventing Entertainment: the Early Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings of the Edison Companies
Inventing Entertainment: the Early Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings of the Edison Companies
This site features 341 motion pictures, 81 disc sound recordings, and other related materials, such as photographs and original magazine articles. Cylinder sound recordings will be added to this site in the near future. In addition, histories are given of Edison's involvement with motion pictures and sound recordings, as well as a special page focusing on the life of the great inventor
#inventions#US History#US History I#US I Unit 8 Becoming Industrial Society
·memory.loc.gov·
Inventing Entertainment: the Early Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings of the Edison Companies
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site (National Park Service)
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site (National Park Service)
Vanderbilt Mansion NHS, in terms of architecture, interiors, mechanical systems, road systems and landscape, is a remarkably complete example of a gilded-age country place, illustrating the political, economic, social, cultural, and demographic changes that occurred as America industrialized in the years after the Civil War.
#US History#US History I#US I Unit 8 Becoming Industrial Society
·nps.gov·
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site (National Park Service)
The Northern Great Plains, 1880-1920: Photographs from the Fred Hultstrand and F.A. Pazandak Photograph Collections
The Northern Great Plains, 1880-1920: Photographs from the Fred Hultstrand and F.A. Pazandak Photograph Collections
These two collections from the Institute for Regional Studies at North Dakota State University contain 900 photographs of rural and small town life at the turn of the century. Highlights include images of sod homes and the people who built them; images of farms and the machinery that made them prosper; and images of one-room schools and the children that were educated in them
#US History#US History I#historical pictures#US I Unit 8 Becoming Industrial Society#primary source
·memory.loc.gov·
The Northern Great Plains, 1880-1920: Photographs from the Fred Hultstrand and F.A. Pazandak Photograph Collections