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Title: Who Built America: Working People and the Nation's Economy, Politics, Culture, and Society by Christopher Clark, Nancy A. Hewitt, Nancy A. Hewitt, Bruce C. Levine, American Social History Project, Stephen Brier, Joshua Brown ISBN: 1-57259-302-4 Publisher: Worth Publishing Pub. Date: December, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $54.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Who Built America Vol 2
Comment: The book takes a completely different view of our nation's history from the late 1800's through the late 19000's than the average history text book most of us read in high school. Side bars and tid bits add anecdotal highlights to the information covered in that section or chapter which keep it relevant and interesting. It was very refreshing to see things from the bottom up. i.e. What was happening with this or that wave of immigration that caused the City's and Urban areas to change in this way, that caused the political and religious environment to change in that way, that caused this person to be elected, that caused this law to be passed, that caused this backlash, that led to this conflict, that led to this resolution. Instead of - this war was faught and this official was elected and this country won. It is biased towards labor and labor's role in building this country, so if you want traditional conservative history, this isn't the book for you. But if you like to read some of the stuff they don't tell you in high-school history 101, this is it. I'll never look at labor disputes or the immigration question the same way again. I came away from the book with a greater understanding and retained more of how we got to the 21st century in America from the 19th century.
Rating: 5
Summary: An excellent resource
Comment: When I saw this book, I bought it straightaway, because labor history gets short-shrift in American society. I'm sorry to see it's out-of-stock, but am unsurprised.
While this book is fairly mainstream in its orientation, it is very readable and thorough, covering the struggle of working people through the late 1800s to the early 1990s.
I consider this book a good starting point for people interested in working people's history. What makes it especially rich is the narrative flow and personal stories that appear throughout it, and the sidebars with songs and other miscellaneous information. This is the way a history book should be written.
Rating: 5
Summary: An excellent source for US 20th century history!
Comment: Who Built America? Is an excellent look at US history in the 20th century from the foundation up. The authors provide relevant and insightful information about immigration, the working class, unions, and the political and military events that shaped our country. The events are thoroughly discussed in terms of cause and effect, and followed through with anecdotal side bars and highilights. Because the text follows a contextual historical line, the information is readily understood and retained. Who Built America? was used as the assigned text in a US History class I took. While I read it willingly as assigned in the class, it is a book I have returned to on numerous occasions since. I highly recommend Who Built America? for everyone and anyone who would like to know not just who was elected when, and what wars were fought with whom, but why and how it effects every one of us.
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Title: Discovering the American Past: A Look at the Evidence : Volume I by William Bruce Wheeler, Susan Becker ISBN: 0618102248 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 01 January, 1900 List Price(USD): $39.56 |
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Title: Lexicon of Labor: More Than 500 Key Terms, Biographical Sketches, and Historical Insights Concerning Labor in America by R. Emmett Murray, Thomas Geoghegan ISBN: 1565844564 Publisher: New Press Pub. Date: November, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Rivethead:Tales From the Assembly Line by Ben Hamper ISBN: 0446394009 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1992 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Out of This Furnace (Pitt Paperback ; 120) by Thomas Bell ISBN: 0822952734 Publisher: Univ of Pittsburgh Pr (Txt) Pub. Date: October, 1976 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: At the Crossroads: Indians and Empires on a Mid-Atlantic Frontier, 1700-1763 by Jane T. Merritt ISBN: 080785462X Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press Pub. Date: 24 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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