economic conditions

Examines the causes, conduct, and consequences of the industrial revolution that transformed Great Britain between the mid-eighteenth and mid-nineteenth century.

An examination of the events leading up to and following the collapse of the stock market in 1929.

Author Barbara Ehrenreich relates her experiences from 1998 to 2000, during which time joined the ranks of the working poor as a waitress, hotel housekeeper, cleaning woman, nursing home aide, and Wal-Mart clerk to see for herself how America's "unskilled" workers are able to survive on only $6 or $7 an hour.

Tells about the political and economic problems that have beset the country of Haiti, describing how the Haitian people have struggled for democracy.

Photographs with bilingual captions compare the people and social conditions in Puerto Rico since the 1940s.

Describes the origins of the economy of the United States, analyzes its present state of economics, and forecasts the future of our economy.

Examines the United States economy from the twenty-first century back to the 1900s, and discusses important people, moments, and inventions from each decade.

Uses objects the Americans have saved through the centuries and stories they have passed along to chronicle the production of cloth in early America.