Samuel P. Hays

"...This brief book examined the changing economic structure of the United States between the years 1885 to 1914. The importance of this book, which has become a historical classic, is that it looked at a broad variety of responses to economic change during the American Gilded Age and Progressive Era.


The most powerful aspect of the book for me was that it regarded the women as a historical subject. It’s also a beautifully written book which I still refer my students to for knowledge and the clarity of its prose...." (reviewed by Jay Kleinberg in FiveBooks).




The full interview is available here: http://fivebooks.com/interviews/jay-kleinberg-on-history-american-women… (altro)