Traces the history of poverty, describes its causes, victims, and discusses the various government antipoverty programs designed to erase poverty up to the early 1960's.
Describes the origins and history of strikes in the United States and discusses their purpose, effectiveness, and how their resolutions affect the relationship between employees and their employers.
Details the race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union for superiority in atomic weaponry since the inception of the Manhattan Project in 1939, and analyzes the danger of unleashing phenomenally destructive weapons upon the world.
Traces the history of labor struggles from the Molly Maguires of the nineteenth century to the sitdown strikes of the 1930s, examining the challenges the strike leaders faced, and describing how these events have shaped American society.
