HIUS 131 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Homosociality, Urban Density
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Hius 131 textbook notes cheap amusements, chapter 1: the homosocial world of. Working-class amusements: many different wc experiences that varied based on ethnic background, neighborhood, job, etc, depression in 1890s hit wc families hard, who were struggling to meet subsistence levels before the economic downturn. Less than 50% of wc households only had the father working: high rents due to urban density, taking up most of the expenses of wc, but, standard of living improving, and poverty was not widespread. Food purchased daily, more expensive than buying in bulk, but had no way of preserving food. Workingmen"s leisure: men had more access to a wider variety of leisure activities than women, especially commercial ones that may not be open to women at all. Saloons central meeting places for men, and were everywhere, since they were typically on the ground floors of tenements: men who worked the most and men who earned the least spent the most time at the saloons.
