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120 pp.
| Chelsea |
June, 2000 |
LibraryISBN 0-7910-5267-2$$19.95
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4-6Great Disasters: Reforms and Ramifications series.Stock Market opens with a pallid account of 1929's "Black Thursday"; Triangle Shirtwaist contains a dramatic retelling of the factory fire. Both describe the social conditions that led up to these disasters and discuss what political and social reforms resulted from them. Illustrated with black-and-white reproductions, the books are written in utilitarian prose. Time lines are included. Stock Market contains a glossary. Bib., ind.