The chapter introduction tells the story of clockmaker Chauncey Jerome to make the point that
A. clocks both made possible and symbolized the organized routines of an industrialized society.
B. Jerome's rise and fall were made possible by the opportunities offered in an expanding market economy that bound Americans together through ever more complex and specialized ways.
C. Jerome exemplified the exploited urban laborer who became a helpless victim of the forces of rapid and relentless industrialization.
D. the intricate but comprehensible mechanism of a clock was to become the favorite metaphor for an age that believed human reason could discern the workings of natural law and apply those discoveries to improving the material conditions of life.
Answer: B
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