商品簡介
Though not culminating the five-volume series covering from 1673 to 1953, the last to be published. Draws on primary sources to discuss such major topics as the Constitution of 1875, the impact of railroad expansion, the 1904 World Fair, the Populist and Progressive movements, and World War I. Also considers less familiar topics such as the use of convict labor to save taxpayers money, the emergence of women's clubs, the arrival of moving pictures, and the terrible conditions under which coal miners lived and worked. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
作者簡介
Lawrence O. Christensen is Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Missouri-Rolla. Among his books are Missouri, the Heart of the Nation and Dictionary of Missouri Biography (University of Missouri Press).
Gary R. Kremer is Professor of History at William Woods University in Fulton, Missouri. He is the author or editor of numerous works, including Missouri’s Black Heritage, Revised Edition and Dictionary of Missouri Biography, both available from the University of Missouri Press.
