The Big Change: America Transforms Itself

Allen, Frederick Lew

ISBN 10: 1199600784 / ISBN 13: 9781199600783

Published by HARPER & BROS, 1952

About this Item

Hardcover, no jacket, in Good condition, there are no stamps writing or marks, paper is tanning with age, straight spine, good binding, unmarked pages, a nice reading copy,

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Big Change: America Transforms Itself
• Publisher: HARPER & BROS
• Publication Date: 1952
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1199600784
• ISBN 13: 9781199600783
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Frederick Lewis Allen was one of the pioneers in social history. Best known as the author of Only Yesterday, Allen originated a model of what is sometimes called instant history, the reconstruction of past eras through vivid commentary on the news, fashions, customs, and artifacts that altered the pace and forms of American life. The Big Change was Allen's last and most ambitious book. In it he attempted to chart and explain the progressive evolution of American life over half a century. Written at a time of unprecedented optimism and prosperity, The Big Change defi nes a transformative moment in American history and provides an implicit and illuminating perspective on what has taken place in the second half of the twentieth century.