Derks explores the social and economic lives of educators, including the practical and philosophical debates that molded American education during the period. Keeping with the format of the series, he
Earlier volumes focused on such groups as athletes or investors, here musicians and music take center stage as Derks walks readers through the 20th century decade by decade, with a little left over at
This is the 11th "Working Americans" book in a series that's not easy to characterize; it's something between historical fiction and scrapbook. Derks (credentials not noted) has developed an eclectic
In order to shed light on the growth of professional sports and how Americans spent their leisure time, this volume in the series profiles over a century of real-life professional and amateur athletes
This reference work, the ninth in a series on the social and economic lives of working Americans, follows the lives of 30 families that represented the economic and political forces that helped shape
Organized chronologically by decade, and illustrated with b&w reproductions of period photographs and prints, this volume continues the author's project of presenting aspects of American history.
Though there is abundant information within its covers, the author's decision to use lengthy bulleted lists instead of paragraphs throughout this hefty volume to convey each sentence of personal narra
These commentaries, observations, photographs, illustrations, and other materials describe women at work from the photographer of 1880 to the publisher of 2002 from Connecticut, including soldiers, te
Seeking to present a comprehensive view of daily life for American children from all classes, Derks profiles three children (based on actual people, with the names changed) from the lower, middle, and
The third and final volume of the Working Americans 1880-1999 project, this volume presents a compendium of information profiling the work, homes, and affluent lifestyles that have defined the wealt
This is the second volume in a three volume set, the first of which encompassed the working class; the third will cover the upper class. Improvements over the first volume include an index, making thi
The introduction identifies this volume as the first in a multi-volume set; v.2 will cover the middle class, but after that, it's not clear what's planned. Volume 1 is a compendium focusing on the wo
