Non sequiturs and anachronisms abound. Gronowicz's explanatory scheme is so relentless that correct chronology hardly seems to matter. Frederick Law Olmsted builds Central Park before 1850. Gronowicz is equally carefree with sources. 5 African Americans and abolitionists excepted, no one in this book comes off as well-intentioned or sincere, except in their selfishness and bigotry.
Capitalists are Machiavellian, politicians are cynical and corrupt, and workers are deluded.
The Civil War accomplished their aim. Since the capitalist continues to exercise this prerogative today, at the helm, as the all-seeing eye at the top of the pyramid on our dollar bills, no further change has taken place in the fundamental character of the two dominant parties. This is Gronowicz's conclusion. It might as well be his premise. 6 Daniel Feller University of New Mexico Content in the History Cooperative database is intended for personal, noncommercial use only.