Summary Of Spreading The American Dream By Emily Rosenberg

The first chapter of Spreading the American Dream by Emily Rosenberg focuses mainly on the American economic and cultural expansion of 1890 to 1945, with the help of liberal-developmentalism. Rosenberg opens up the chapter discussing the Columbian exposition in Chicago of 1893, and provides multiple examples of how it displayed America’s progressive advancements. The exhibitors of the exposition proudly displayed all the wonderful advancements the country had made so far, flaunting America’s faith. Some examples of the technological and scientific advancements included new types of machinery and transportation methods. Rosenberg also discusses the ideology of liberal-developmentalism and how it contributed to the progressive period in the United

The reader can develop a vivid picture in their head about this specific expansion in America. She provided detailed examples of these advancements, which included transportation vehicles, engines of progress, and farm machines. These descriptions show how gifted the America people are and how they had the capability of inventing new types of machinery from creative ideas and thoughts. The author mentioned that these advancements led to human betterment and a stronger United States. In this era, the United States was competing with Europe and it is amazing to see how the United States managed to surpass Europe with all the creative ideas flowing around. The American people cherished this type of progress. The author’s tone shows how these progressive ideas and inventions were and still are prized. As an American, I was amazed by all the different types’ of machinery that were invented in the 20th century. In my opinion, the railroad seems like one of the most important inventions mentioned because it helped people get from place to place quickly. The invention of trains and

It seems that the reason America progressed was because of liberal-developmentalism, and I agree that this ideology played a major role in the progressive era. She mentioned that this ideology that can be broken into five rules where one of the rules allowed for the flow of information and culture and trade. Rosenberg argues that this is an important aspect of the progressive era because all parts of the United States could get the flow of new ideas and inventions. If liberal-developmentalism helped spread the flow of ideas then it can be recognized that it helped the spread of mass culture as well. Mass culture should also be considered as an important part of America’s cultural expansion and the author made sure to include it in her writing. Mass culture is important during this time period because it aided in the development of new sets of ideas and values. I believe the author mentioned liberal-developmentalism because she wanted the reader to recognize that this was an important part of the cultural and economic expansion and because it directly correlates to mass culture. Mass culture developed in this time period from the common exposure of the same news, media, art, and music. What I didn’t know before reading this chapter was how important liberal-developmentalism was during the 20th century. If you think about it,