This book tells the story of the Millers, a fictional family struggling among the real events of the early 20th century: the end of the Progressive Era, The Great War and influenza pandemic, prohibition, voting rights for women, the conservative take-over, the Red Scare, xenophobic hatred of immigrants and other inferiors, lynching and race riots, union-busting, the elevation of business in government and the resulting unparalleled corruption, a wild stock market, spiralling income disparity, the Great Depression, national despair and the seeds of the next world war.
Product code: 9781771831383
| ISBN |
9781771831383 |
| Publisher |
Guernica Editions,Canada |
| No. Of Pages |
498 |
| Dimensions (HxWxD in mm) |
H230xW155 |