THE IMPACTS OF RAILROADS ON AMERICAN SOCIETY IN FRANK NORRIS’ THE OCTOPUS

Hariyanti, Tatit THE IMPACTS OF RAILROADS ON AMERICAN SOCIETY IN FRANK NORRIS’ THE OCTOPUS. Universitas Teknologi Yogyakarta. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

This paper in an attempt to see the impact of railroad as the most effective means of transportation on American society in the last three decades of the 19th century as it is reflected in the American novel entitled The Octopus. This is a library research orienting in the relationship between the work and the era in which it is written. Applying a mimetic approach and using available written data sources, this research seeks to raise 2 issues, namely (1) what was the socio-economic impact of the railroad on society in that era, and (2) what was the political impact of the railroad on society in that era The result shows that the railroad exerts great impacts on the socio-economic and political life of American society in general and farmers in particular. The railroad is abused by the owners, the trusts and their conspirators to be the profitable money-making machine without considering its socio-economic function as public carriers. In their attempt to gain more profit, the owners and the trusts engage in political affairs by purchasing legislatures that accordingly all economic policy will benefit them while victimizing the weak such laborer and farmers. Key words : railroad, socio-economic and political impact, farmer, economic policy

Item Type:	Other
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN0080 Criticism
Divisions:	Fakultas Humaniora > S1 Bahasa Inggris
Depositing User:	Kaprodi S1 Bahasa Inggris UTY
Date Deposited:	17 Jul 2023 01:56
Last Modified:	17 Jul 2023 01:56
URI:	http://eprints.uty.ac.id/id/eprint/13106

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