Ralph Brauer: Brauer, R: Age of Discontent, Fester Einband

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"For much of the last century, three narratives framed American history. The plantation narrative, with its Gone-with-the-Wind view of slavery and Reconstruction, bolstered racial apartheid. The frontier narrative worshipped individualism over collective responsibility and ignored the decimation of indigenous cultures. The industrial narrative, redefined by Ralph Brauer in this sweeping history of late-nineteenth-century labor and farmer activism, traditionally celebrated laissez-faire capitalism and the achievements of wealthy industrialists. The Age of Discontent offers an alternative perspective, asserting that the largest and most important expression of mass democracy in American history laid the foundations for economic growth and prosperity. Main Street, not Wall Street, was responsible for the American Century. Grassroots activists and reformers from the working and farming classes take center stage in this fascinating success story of government programs and legislation"--