Looks at the economies of the United States and Canada and analyzes how advances in science, technology, and economics in the United States and Canada impact the larger global economic community.
Examines the years between 1914 and 1932 in the context of American history, discussing how industrialization and urbanization affected the economy and society of the nation.
"The Roaring Twenties ... came to a screeching halt in October 1929. The U.S. stock market crashed, kicking off one of the largest and longest depressions in the country's history"--Back cover.
Chronicles the experiences of six teen mothers whom Joanna Lipper met when they were all enrolled in the Teen Parent Program in Pittsfield, Massachusetts in 1999.
When she was only nine, Dayani Baldelomar left her Nicaraguan village with nothing more than a change of clothes. She was among tens of thousands of rural migrants to Managua in the 1980s and 1990s.
