…men who brought

    their own shovels to work…

Book review:

Who Built America?

Working People

   and the Nation’s Economy,

   Politics, Culture, and Society,

   Vol. 1 To 1877

by Christopher Clark and Nancy A. Hewitt

New York: Worth Publishers, 2000

721 pages, with a substantial Appendix and index

Who Built America? is a comprehensive, widely sourced reference work that tackles the story of the actual building of America and our cities, commerce/industries, and infrastructures.

Clark and Hewitt give full respect to the groups of people who labored to do so: native Americans, women and children, minorities, and immigrants are fully credited.

I think that a useful feature is the summary chronology and suggested complementary readings at the end of each chapter.

Who Built America? is a go-to reference for any serious student of American history.

Volume 2, covering the Reconstruction through the end of the 20th century, is an equally appealing component of this series published by the American Social History Project, City University of New York.

This 2000 edition of Who Built America? was written by Christopher Clark and Nancy A. Hewitt, based on the original edition written by Levine, Brier, Brundage, Countryman, Fennel, and Rediker.

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Book review: Forced Founders

by Woody Holton

The so-called “Founding Fathers”

weren’t the only ones

who helped to shape our independence…

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