Capital City
First published in the dark days immediately before World War II, Capital City is Mari Sandoz's angriest and most political novel. Like many important American novels of the 1930s--John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, John Conroy's The Disinherited, Robert Cantwell's Land of Plenty--Capital City depicts the troubles and responses of working people trapped in the Great Depression. It is a unique portrayal of the depression in the Great Plains, and a study of the forces that bitterly contended for wealth and power. Sandoz researched the daily life and behind-the-scenes operations of several state capitals in the thirties before drawing them to…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8032-9126-3
- EAN: 9780803291263
- Produktnummer: 33457072
- Verlag: University of Nebraska Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1982
- Seitenangabe: 343 S.
- Masse: H20.4 cm x B13.4 cm x D2.0 cm 368 g
- Gewicht: 368
- Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational
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