Early American Republic a period of American History that im fascinated by and im really excited to share with all of you today. And as weve already discussed in this class, we know that the early American Republic which were roughly defining as the period between the end of the American Revolution and the election of Andrew Jackson was a period of possibilities and of problems. It was a time in American History when many of the Big Questions about what the nation would look like who would hold power and what kind of spaces and values would define the country. Remained very much in question. And so last class we talked about americas transition to capitalism. And we talked about how this Economic Transformation was linked to changes in the labor market in Banking Systems in the rise of corporations, and we looked at how these transformations were particularly affecting for young women like mary paul the worker in the lowell mills in the 1840s. So today were going to continue our conver
So welcome to our lecture today on the growth of cities in the early American Republic a period of American History that im fascinated by and im really excited to share with all of you today. And as weve already discussed in this class, we know that the early American Republic which were roughly defining as the period between the end of the American Revolution and the election of Andrew Jackson was a period of possibilities and of problems. It was a time in American History when many of the Big Questions about what the nation would look like who would hold power and what kind of spaces and values would define the country. Remained very much in question. And so last class we talked about americas transition to capitalism. And we talked about how this Economic Transformation was linked to changes in the labor market in Banking Systems in the rise of corporations, and we looked at how these transformations were particularly affecting for young women like mary paul the worker in the lowell
Questions about what the nation would look like who would hold power and what kind of spaces and values would define the country. Remained very much in question. And so last class we talked about americas transition to capitalism. And we talked about how this Economic Transformation was linked to changes in the labor market in Banking Systems in the rise of corporations, and we looked at how these transformations were particularly affecting for young women like mary paul the worker in the lowell mills in the 1840s. So today were going to continue our conversation about how economic changes affected americas urban centers its cities and well examine how questions about the National Built Environment and access to Material Resources like goods land and money came to a head in americas growing urban landscapes both along the east coast in places that are familiar to us, but also in growing midwestern cities between the 1790s and into the 1830s so with these themes in mind i thought we cou
Early American Republic which were roughly defining as the period between the end of the American Revolution and the election of Andrew Jackson was a period of possibilities and of problems. It was a time in American History when many of the Big Questions about what the nation would look like who would hold power and what kind of spaces and values would define the country. Remained very much in question. And so last class we talked about americas transition to capitalism. And we talked about how this Economic Transformation was linked to changes in the labor market in Banking Systems in the rise of corporations, and we looked at how these transformations were particularly affecting for young women like mary paul the worker in the lowell mills in the 1840s. So today were going to continue our conversation about how economic changes affected americas urban centers its cities and well examine how questions about the National Built Environment and access to Material Resources like goods la
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