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XI. Industrial Revolution

Railway brings mixed news for romance.

Good: long-distance lovers no longer have to get the horse for the weekend in order to rendezvous.

Bad: singles on railway platform subjected to new, industrialized, form of lovey-dovey-that is, the forlorn, jogging-alongside-the-departing-train goodbye.

The advent of the telephone is not to revolutionize the breakup until later development of features such as call-screening, unlisted numbers, and "I can't talk, I'm on the other line." In the meantime, however, the circumstances of the telephone's invention do give rise at least to topical crank call used to harass exes:

Caller: "[Name], come quickly, I want you...NOT!"

 
NEXT: XII. Modern America

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A World History of the Breakup:

Big Bang

Geologic Ages

Near East

Classical Antiquity

Roman Empire

Middle Ages

Renaissance

The New World & Revolution

Europe

Industrial Revolution

Modern America

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