The West in the World, 4th Edition (Sherman)Chapter 21:
Modern Life and the Culture of ProgressLearning Objectives
When you have finished studying this chapter, you should be able to do the following:
- Outline key features of the second industrial revolution.
- Identify and explain the emergence of the new urban landscape.
- Compare and analyze different groups of city people.
- Discuss the development of sports and leisure in the cities.
- Explain and discuss features of private and family life during the late nineteenth century.
- Outline key scientific developments during the age of optimism.
- Identify and compare late-nineteenth-century cultural movements that expressed acceptance of the modern world.
- Explain the forces that encouraged the cultural shift from optimism to uncertainty.
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