"A deft and elegantly written survey of the evolution of the nation's economy through the nineteenth century." -- Michael A. Bernstein, University of California

These essays in American working-class and social history, in the words of their author "all share a common theme -- a concern to explain the beliefs and behavi

In the late nineteenth century, the United States underwent an extremely rapid industrial expansion that moved the nation into the front ranks of the world econ

Taking the risk it will scare students off, Elwell (sociology, Murray State U.) nevertheless begins with a chapter on social theory, and only tries to make it s