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This terrific book looks at life in the 1880s and 1890s by enabling the reader to understand the average American citizen who went through, among other events, the industrial revolution, labor strikes, an influx of immigrants, and the growth of cities and the railroad. A section of personal profiles portrays, for example, a railroad construction engineer (1883), a professional baseball player (1888), an anticorset campaigner (1896), an African American wood turner (1898), and a teenage garment industry labor organizer (1898). Histori...Log In or Sign Up to Read More