The early 1800s transformed American life—fast. In this episode, we explore the Market Revolution: from steamboats to railroads, mill girls to entrepreneurs, and barter to wage labor. We trace the rise of industrial capitalism, the tangled links between northern factories and southern slavery, and the shifting roles of women, immigrants, and workers. What did progress look like—and who paid the price?
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The Market Revolution | The American Yawp
National Historical Geographic Information System: Version 2.0 | Minnesota Population Center
A Contronym for Women: Bicentennial Examinations of the American Market Revolution
Women and Patriarchy in Early America, 1600–1800 | Oxford University Press
Women and the Family Economy in the Early Republic | Journal of the Early Republic
Declaration of Sentiments | State Historical Society of Iowa (PDF)
Chapter 8: The Market Revolution | American History 1 – HIST 2111 (OER)
Lowell Mill Girls and the Factory System, 1840 | Gilder Lehrman Institute
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