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These United States: A Nation in the Making, 1890 to the Present
By Gilmore, Glenda Elizabeth & Thomas J. Sugrue
- ISBN
- 9780393239522
- Publisher
- Norton
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Reviewed on September 15, 2015 | Social Sciences
Coauthors Gilmore (Defying Dixie) and Sugrue (The Origins of the Urban Crisis) neatly distill more than 120 years of U.S. history, focusing on two primary themes: economic inequality and racial injustice. The account is bookended by two gilded ages, the first in the late 1800s and the second the present day. The authors conclude by questioning Martin Luther King Jr.'s assertion that "the arc of...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
