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Song Samples (MP3 Format) Ten And Nine (2.926 MB mp3 file) We Shall Not Be Moved (2.606 MB mp3 file) Thirty-six songs document the changes in the human condition as America evolved from an agrarian nation to an industrial nation. Playing time: one hour, thirty minutes. "A valuable compilation of songs sung during the U.S. industrial revolution and labor movement from the 1860s to the 1930s...Very useful supplementary material for the teaching of this period of history to all age levels." --- Choice Part One: Songs from England, Scotland, Canada and the United States, sung by miners, weavers, mill workers, shoemakers, sailors and railroad workers, tell of the impact of industrialization on rural life, urbanization and the human condition.
Part Two: The second phase of the Industrial Revolution includes the development of electric generators, the internal combustion engine, the wireless and the telephone.
Part Three: The songs depict the early struggles of America's working people: skilled workers, industrial workers and farm workers; and glorify their martyrs, heroes and heroines. The music also brings to life the creation of America's labor unions.
Part Four: This presentation chronicles labor's rise to major economic and political power, and explores the problems which have faced (and some which still face) organized labor: strikebreakers techniques, union corruption, immigrant labor, child labor, convict labor, automation, foreign competition, computers and the shift from manufacturing to service industry.
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