THE EMERGENCE OF A MASS SOCIETY

U4/Ch. 23AP European History

Changing Society & Urban Environment

Dramatic population growth between 1850-1910

Excess labor forced to emigrate Rural Urban Europe Americas

Rapid urbanization Increased emphasis on

public health Many urban centers

redesigned in 2nd half of 19thC

Growth of suburban neighborhoods

Social Structure of the Mass Society

Plutocrats & aristocrats wealthiest 5% of pop.

Middle classes Lower middle class White-collar workers Victorian Britain the

model of middle-class society

Lower classes 80% of pop.

The Role of Women

Legal inferiority, defined by family/household roles

Middle class glorified domesticity

Declining birthrate & birth control

Cult of middle-class domesticity

Victorians created family Christmas

New focus on children Improved conditions for

working class mothers & children

Education in Mass Society

Mass education a product of mass society

Liberals & conservatives supported education

2nd I.R. demanded skilled labor

Chief motive politics Increase in literacy

rise in newspapers & magazines

Mass Leisure

New leisure hours created by industrialization evenings & weekends

Transportation increased leisure activities

Music & dance halls Mass tourism middle &

upper classes Team Sports Mass consumption

advertising, department stores

Mass leisure business based