AMS 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Fokker E.Ii
29 Sep 2016
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The transformation of the american economy and workplace a. Starting in 1830s you"d work 10-13 hours a day. Unions emerge to represent worker demands for leisure time: sobriety b. i. b. ii. b. iii. Before industrialization you would get to drink at work every day and have it paid for by your employer. Alcohol consumption goes from 4 gallons a year in 1830 (like of alcohol not beverage, so like 4 gallons of everclear) to 1 in 1870. Don"t get to drink at church anymore: the rise of the saloon, before 1830s women ran private drinking houses (rum shops) in home a. i. Allowed women to make money respectably, became dominant site of alcohol consumption in 1830s-1850s b. c. Not allowed to perform in shows there, female bartenders pushed out. In 1862 new york passes law saying women cannot be around hard liquor (vodka or whiskey) but still around soft alcohol like beer b. i.
