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This book explains why the "good old days" were only good for a priviledged few and why they were unrelentingly hard for most. Sobering, actually. Check it out.

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WHEN THE CIVIL WAR ENDED, the American North was fully mobilized for industry, and forests of smokestacks had grown along with its swelling cities.

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  1. Otto Bettmann (Author)
 

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