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Talking Crap with Historian Wendy Woloson

American Hysteria

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The Transition from Character to Personality

This chapter explores how the changing American culture in the mid-1800s led to the embrace of innovative machinery by farmers, the increasing accessibility of goods, and the embodiment of consumer culture. It delves into the complex question of consumer agency and the pressures of self-consciousness and objectification in a consumer culture.

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