La Belle Epoque (1871-1914). Characteristics of La Belle Epoch

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Characteristics of La Belle Epoch Materialism Higher standard of living Increased

Characteristics of La Belle Epoch

Materialism
Higher standard of living
Increased consumption
Sports attracted increased

spectators and participants
Increased numbers of women took part in bicycling and sports clubs
Started dressing in more comfortable clothing
Cafes and Taverns
Department stores
Dance Halls and concert halls
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Increased European Population Growth of Cities & Urban Life Migration from

Increased European Population
Growth of Cities & Urban Life
Migration from Europe
1850-1940 ?

60 million left Europe
Went to ? US, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Australia/N. Zeal.
“Second” Industrial Revolution
Steam ? electricity
Internal combustion & diesel engines.
Cars, planes, submarines.

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“Second” Industrial Revolution Britain ? “The World’s Industrial Workshop” Corporations ?

“Second” Industrial Revolution Britain ? “The World’s Industrial Workshop”
Corporations ? limited

liability of investments.
Mass production.
Free Trade [esp. in England]
World Markets [Global Economy, Part II]
Advance of Democracy
Extension of the vote to the working class.

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The Appeal of Socialism By the 1880s, most socialist parties were

The Appeal of Socialism
By the 1880s, most socialist parties were Marxist

[esp. Ger. & Fr.]
Not very successful in England.
Faith in Science Alone
Science at the core of industrialization.
Charles Darwin
Origin of Species [1859]
“survival of the fittest”

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Faith in Science Alone [con’t.] “Social Darwinism” ? Herbert Spenser Newtonian

Faith in Science Alone [con’t.]
“Social Darwinism” ? Herbert Spenser
Newtonian Science turned

on its head
Einstein ? “Theory of Relativity” ? nature & energy were separate & distinct.
Max Planck ? Quantum Physics

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Faith in Science Alone [con’t.] Professionalization of “new” sciences [anthropology, archeaology,etc.]

Faith in Science Alone [con’t.]
Professionalization of “new” sciences [anthropology, archeaology,etc.]
Psychology
Ivan Pavlov

? conditioned responses
Sigmund Freud ? psychoanalysis
The Interpretation of Dreams [1900]
The role of the unconscious [the id, ego, super ego].

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Anti-Semitism Dreyfus Affair Theodore Herzl ? Der Judenstaat [The Jewish State],

Anti-Semitism
Dreyfus Affair
Theodore Herzl ? Der Judenstaat [The Jewish State], 1896
“Father of

Modern Zionism”
Women’s Movement
Emmeline Pankhurst
The “New” Imperialism
Militarism ? glorification of war

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