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Open Stax: Urbanization 1870 1900: Change Reflected in Thought and Writing eBookOpen Stax: Urbanization 1870 1900: Change Reflected in Thought and Writing eBook
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OpenStax
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11th - 12th
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Open Stax: Urbanization 1870 1900: Change Reflected in Thought and Writing

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American writers and intellectuals played an important role in articulating the changes taking place in Industrial America in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Learn about some of the prominent writers, scientists, and philosophers at that time.

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realism, kate chopin, social darwinism

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instrumentalism, pragmatism, charles darwin’s theory of evolution, edward bellamy, henry george, openstax: urbanization 1870-1900: change reflected in thought and writing, paul laurence dunbar, thorstein veblen, critics of modern america, culture of the gilded age 1877-1900, literature of gilded age

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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