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The Bread Winners: A Social Study (1883)

The Bread Winners: A Social Study (1883)

Hay, John

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Archaeology20th Century United States HistoryFiction Anthologies

ISBN10: 1164182919
ISBN13: 9781164182917
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Sep 10 2010
Pages: 322
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.67 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The Bread Winners: A Social Study is a novel written by John Hay and published in 1883. The book is a social commentary on the lives of the working class in the late 19th century. The story follows the struggles of a family living in poverty in New York City. The father, Joe, is a hardworking but uneducated laborer who struggles to provide for his family. His wife, Mary, is a devoted mother who works tirelessly to keep their home and family together. The children, Maggie and Tom, are forced to work at a young age to help support the family. The novel explores themes of poverty, social inequality, and the struggle for survival in a rapidly changing society. It also touches on issues such as immigration, urbanization, and the rise of industrialization. The Bread Winners is a powerful and insightful portrayal of life in the lower classes during the Gilded Age. It remains a classic work of American literature and an important historical document of the era.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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