Province of Reason

by Sam Bass Warner, Jr.

Book Overview

This book is about some of the largest events of the twentieth century, about international war, economic collapse, new science and technologies, and about the transformation of an old mill town region into a modern American metropolis. But it sees those sweeping changes through the eyes of fourteen particular Bostonians, in an ambitious attempt to understand the disorienting experiences of recent history. These lives span the years from 1850 to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674719581
• ISBN13: 9780674719583
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 9.0"