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 * Focus Questions:**


 * 1) What is //industrialism//?
 * 2) How did it positively affect the United States in the 1800's? (socially, economically, culturally, racial tensions, etc.)
 * 3) How did it negatively affect the United States in the 1800's? (socially, economically, culturally, racial tensions, etc.)
 * 4) How did industrialism affect relations between the United States and other world powers?
 * 5) What elements of industrialism are present in //Moby Dick//?
 * 6) How do these elements contribute to the plot and structure of the novel?
 * 7) What historic parallels in regards to industrialism are present in the novel?
 * 8) How do these elements of industrialism help to create the underlying class warfare that the story of //Moby// Dick describes?

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 * **[|Democracy and Industrialism-//G.K. Chesterton//]** http://www.chesterton.org/gkc/Distributist/industrial.htm ||
 * **[|Industrialism-Progress or decline]** http://www.wwnorton.com/nael/victorian/topic_1/welcome.htm ||
 * **[|Philosophy Behind Industrialism]** http://www.socialstudieshelp.com/USRA_Industrial_Philosophy.htm ||
 * **[|Predecessor: Conservation]** http://www.epa.gov/history/publications/origins3.htm ||
 * **[|Whaling &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Fishing]** http://www.powertolearn.com/li_history/fishing.html ||
 * **[|Whole Bunch o'Links-Industrial Revolution]** http://www.teacheroz.com/19thcent.htm#industrial ||
 * **[|Wikipedia: Industrial Revolution]** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrialism ||
 * **[|Wikipedia: Industrial Revolution]** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrialism ||

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