The Industrial revolution is a time in history that has changed the face of the world in places far and wide and I was particularly interested to see how it had affected America. That's why, although non-fiction books are not my forte, I had to pick up this book - 
Industrial Pioneers: Scranton, Pennsylvania and the Transformation of America, 1840-1902
- since it investigates the history of Scranton and allows the reader to witness the development of the distinct and interrelated ideologies that defined industrial America.During the nineteenth century, Scranton was the face of innovation, immigration, industrialization, and a rising America. Scranton was “the electric city” when electricity was the most exciting invention in the world, and a hub of technology and innovation—between 1840 and 1902, the city of Scranton changed from a lazy backwoods community to a modern industrial society with 100,000 residents. During this time, Scranton’s citizens desperately tried to adapt their thinking to keep up with the overwhelming changes around them, and in the process forged the world views that would define the twentieth century. As globalization, technology and immigration transform the United States today, this book revisits how the people the forefront of the industrial revolution moved from chaos to a new order, and how they found meaning within a rapidly changing world.
Periods of total societal transformation often provide the best material for historians. The way that Scranton’s residents re-imagined their value within society in response to the changes around them did not evolve in step with technological and economic progress—rather, those living through these changes slowly and painfully adapted extant modes of thinking in light of their new life circumstances.
This book weaves a cohesive narrative that explains how Scranton—and America—went from the personal, egalitarian society of the early days of the republic to the rigidly institutionalized society that endures today.
Visit the book's web site at: http://www.industrialpioneers.com
About the book:
Author Patrick Brown, Tribute Books, 142 p, Isbn-9780982256558
Disclosure - This product was received for review/feature consideration. The synopsis/description was taken from Amazon or the back of the book.
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