Author:
Stebenne, David, author.
Edition Statement:First Scribner hardcover edition.
ImprintNew York : Scribner, [2020]
Descriptionxix, 311 pages ; 24 cm
Note:Introduction -- A dream deferred -- Roosevelt to the rescue -- Hour of discontent -- The good war -- Postwar fog -- The middle-class model -- Cracks in the foundation -- Trying to cope -- Things fall apart -- The era in retrospect.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:"A timely work of groundbreaking history explains how the American middle class ballooned at mid-century until it dominated the nation, showing who benefited and what brought the expansion to an end."-- Provided by publisher.