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Please pick one of the sources for readings. What are the major themes in that source? What does it tell us about the changing nature of American society? What does it say about who is and is not included in this broader vision of "America" during this time?
1"Story of a Monopoly” (ch. 16)
2“How the Other Half Lives (ch. 16)
3“Carnegie Plant” (ch. 16)
4“Lynching the Chinese” (ch. 17)
5“Booker T. Washington on Citizenship” (ch. 17)
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How the Other Half Lives
In “How the Other Half Lives,” Jacob Riis discussed the deprived living conditions of urban dwellers as a result of the industrial revolution. Riis’s key theme of unequal distribution of wealth describes economic disparity and concludes that the privileged and underprivileged were essential to the broader vision of "America."
In the reading, the primary subject is on...
