The Conflict Between Urban and Rural America

I.   Introduction:  The Agrarian Myth

II.    The Rise of the Industrial City

A.  Technology
B.  Movement to the City
        1.  Population Rise
        2.  Political and Cultural Influence

III.  Immigrants

A.  Old Immigrants
B.  New Immigrants
        1.  ...from Europe
        2.  ...from Asia
C.  Reasons for Coming

IV.  Life in the City

A.  Living Conditions
        1.  Dumbbell Apartment
B.  A Cultural Haven for Immigrants
        1.  Ethnic Neighborhoods
                a.  Cultural institutions
C.  Leisure in the City
        1.  High Culture vs. Coney Island
        2.  Social Space for Women
D.  Machine Politics

V.   The Decline of Rural America

A.  Populism
        1.  Falling Farm Prices
        2.  Psychic Crisis
                a.  City as Scapegoat
B.  People's (Populist) Party
        1.  Party Platform
        2.  Free Silver
C.  Election of 1896
        1.  McKinley vs. Bryan

VI.  Conclusion