U4Ch 23 AP European History Changing Society amp Urban Environment Dramatic population growth between 18501910 Excess labor forced to emigrate Rural Urban Europe Americas ID: 581697
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The Emergence of a Mass Society
U4/Ch. 23AP European HistorySlide2
Changing Society & Urban Environment
Dramatic population growth between 1850-1910 Excess labor forced to emigrate
Rural
UrbanEurope Americas Rapid urbanization Increased emphasis on public healthMany urban centers redesigned in 2nd half of 19thCGrowth of suburban neighborhoods Slide3
Social Structure of the Mass Society
Plutocrats & aristocrats
wealthiest 5% of pop.
Middle classes Lower middle classWhite-collar workersVictorian Britain the model of middle-class society Lower classes 80% of pop.Slide4
The Role of Women
Legal inferiority, defined by family/household rolesMiddle class glorified domesticity
Declining birthrate & birth control
Cult of middle-class domesticity
Victorians created family ChristmasNew focus on children Improved conditions for working class mothers & childrenSlide5
Education in Mass Society
Mass education a product of mass society Liberals & conservatives supported education
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I.R. demanded skilled labor Chief motive politics Increase in literacy rise in newspapers & magazinesSlide6
Mass Leisure
New leisure hours created by industrialization
evenings & weekends
Transportation increased leisure activities
Music & dance hallsMass tourism middle & upper classes Team SportsMass consumption advertising, department storesMass leisure
business based