What does Robinson’s account suggest about the promise—and the reality—of economic mobility in an increasingly capitalistic United States?
Why were the Spanish able to establish a territorial empire in the New World?
September 1, 2019We have seen the effects of the Civil War and Reconstruction. How did these events shape the politics of State of the late nineteenth century?
September 1, 2019What does Robinson’s account suggest about the promise—and the reality—of economic mobility in an increasingly capitalistic United States?
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How were the different “revolutions” of the early nineteenth century—the Market Revolution, the Transportation Revolution, and the Communications Revolution—related, and how did they transform America economically, socially, and politically? Read the account of Harriet H. Robinson of the Lowell Mill strike, in the Yawp Reader (entitled “Harriet H. Robinson Remembers a Mill Workers’ Strike, 1863″). What does Robinson’s account suggest about the promise—and the reality—of economic mobility in an increasingly capitalistic United States?
