About the Author

Catherine McNicol Stock is associate professor of history and director of the American studies program at Connecticut College.

Reviews

[A] thoughtful, even wise, book. "Journal of American History"

�A� thoughtful, even wise, book. "Journal of American History"

An imaginatively researched, well-written, provocatively argued book that will begin to fill a vacuum in our knowledge.Lawrence Levine, University of California, Berkeley

An outstanding book, one with implications that go far beyond its chronological and geographical borders."Canadian Review of American Studies"

"[A] thoughtful, even wise, book. "Journal of American History""

"An imaginatively researched, well-written, provocatively argued book that will begin to fill a vacuum in our knowledge.Lawrence Levine, University of California, Berkeley"

"An outstanding book, one with implications that go far beyond its chronological and geographical borders."Canadian Review of American Studies""

An outstanding work of scholarship that fills an important void in our understanding of the Depression decade."Journal of the West"

Stock's provocative analysis deserves the widest readership."American Historical Review"