The Chicago history of American civilization

A chronological narrative of American life in the Industrial Age, a period characterized by wrenching social changes and the rise of the large-scale economic organization.

A study of American railroads, discussing their role in almost every major movement in the country's history, including the rise of the Atlantic seaboard metropolises, peopling and supplying the West, determining the course of the Civil War, and creating the American suburbs.

Examines the thirteen-year presidency of Franklin Roosevelt, evaluating his domestic and foreign policies during the Great Depression and the Second World War.