Age of the City Assignment

Instructions:

Carefully read the following question, and submit your answer based on your readings and understanding of the subject.  Your answer should be at least a paragraph in length. Please proofread your submission--points will be deducted for sloppy work.

Give three examples of how retail sales and distribution techniques of the late nineteenth century made goods and conveniences formerly enjoyed only by city dwellers available to Americans in small towns and the countryside.