Books by Philip Dray
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English
review 1: Nearly 700 pages that chronicle the struggle of the working class beginning with the Luddite's protest of textile industrialization. Dray enthralls the reader with a meticulous description of working conditions, political sentiment of each era, and forged determination shown by ...
language
English
review 1: Most history books these days advertise themselves as products: ‘The _____ that changed the world/nation,’ or ‘How _____ changed the world/nation.’ Books like this tend to aim broadly distilling the actual event back to obscurity in spite of its claims, and they are often poorly ...