Browse Exhibits (5 total)
Child Labor
This exhibit combines archival images of children working in dangerous conditions during the Second Industrial Revolution. Individual entries use these images to support literary analysis of texts in which child labor is featured.
Capitalism in Industrial Age
The following pages discuss the effects of capitalism on the body of the worker in the Second Industrial Revolution
The American Industrial Dream
This exhibit examines the political and social implications of the American Dream narrative in the Industrial Age.
Science and Innovations
This exhibit explores the impact new innovations such as electricity and the rapid pace of invention had on the lives and bodies of the citizen.