Building America
Building America tells the story of the early years in which America struggled to become an independent nation.
See Lizbeth Cohen , Making a New Deal : Industrial Workers in Chicago , 1919-1939 ( New York : Cambridge Press , 1990 ) . 7. Cohen , Making a New Deal , p . 65 . 8. Mike Royko , Boss ( New York : Penguin , 1971 ) , p . 68 . 9.
America's first architect and engineer—Benjamin Henry Latrobe (1764–1820)—intended, more than once, as he frequently wrote in his letters, to begin life anew. He often did so, first as a young man who rebelled against his Moravian ...
The authors compare the "public spirited work [that] enabled diverse peoples to forge connection, gain a stake in the nation, and find intellectual challenges [to] a time when people are predominately consumers instead of producers.