Product Description: The turn of the twentieth century was a time of explosive growth for American cities, a time of nascent hopes and apparently limitless possibilities. In Children of the City, David Nasaw re-creates this period in our social history from the vantage point of the children who grew up then...read more

Chronicles the life of the iconic business titan from his modest upbringing in mid-1800s Scotland through his rise to one of the world's richest men, offering insight into his work as a peace advocate and his motivations for giving away most of his fortune.

The first definitive biography of William Randolph Hearst in forty years incorporates new information, based on recently released private and business papers and interviews, on the powerful publisher's relations with Hitler, Mussolini, Churchill, Roosevelt, and the movie industry, as well as on his turbulent private life. Winner of the Bancroft Prize. Reprint. 50,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

Chronicles public amusement from when it was strictly for the wealthy, to the rise of vaudeville halls, phonograph parlors, and penny arcades--which brought the privilege to the working class--to the present, discussing barriers of class, ethnicity, and race (view table of contents)