American Studies 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Gilded Age, American Modernism, Sigmund Freud

• School: Western University
• Department: American Studies
• Course: American Studies 1020
• Professor: Tom Cull

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[previous lecture: taylorism this drive towards industrialism and efficiencies; the application of technology to the means of production ford can be related to this] This era came after the gilded age can be called american modernism. Modernism: a wide-ranging cultural, arts, and intellectual movement spanning the late 19th century to the early decades of the 10th century (in and outside of america). Modernism emerged as a response to the great societal transformations brought about by modern industrialization and technological innovation: changed the way people conceived of themselves and the nation. Progressive era: a period in america that witnessed concrete political and social reform. The movement was a reaction to gilded age corruption and the massive societal changes brought about by industrialization (explosion of urban population, mass immigration, terrible labor conditions, poor public hygiene and lack of food and drug regulation).