The Cruel Years
Subtitle: American Voices at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century
Contributors: William Loren Katz (Editor); Laurie R. Lehman (Editor)
Publisher: Apex Press
Published: March 14, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9781891843068
Subjects: American history: from c 1900 -; United States; Poverty; History; History - U.S.; Sources; Sociology; USA; Social History; United States - 19th Century/Turn of the Century; Biography; 1865-1918; Poor; Social conditions
Description: "The Cruel Years provides readers with a vivid picture of what life was like a hundred years ago, not for the rich and famous but for ordinary working Americans. The story is told in the words of twenty-two fascinating people who lived by laboring long hours at farms and factories and mines. A preface by Howard Zinn and an introduction by William Loren Katz provide an easy-to-follow historical map that places these hard-hitting, first-person narratives in the context of their troubled times and within the larger picture of U.S. growth and development."--BOOK JACKET.