New Book for Review: Economic History Book ‘Industrial Pioneers: Scranton, Pennysylvania and the Transformation of America, 1840-1902′ by Patrick Brown

Patrick Brown will be touring in September with his economic history book, Industrial Pioneers: Scranton, Pennysylvania and the Transformation of America, 1840 – 1902.  During the nineteenth century, Scranton was the face of innovation, immigration, industrialization, and a rising America. Scranton was “the electric city” when electricity was the most exciting invention in the world, and a hub of technology and innovation—between 1840 and 1902, the city of Scranton changed from a lazy backwoods community to a modern industrial society with 100,000 residents. During this time, Scranton’s citizens desperately tried to adapt their thinking to keep up with the overwhelming changes around them, and in the process forged the world views that would define the twentieth century. As globalization, technology and immigration transform the United States today, this book revisits how the people the forefront of the industrial revolution moved from chaos to a new order, and how they found meaning within a rapidly changing world.  This book’s investigation of the history of Scranton allows the reader to witness the development of the distinct and interrelated ideologies that defined industrial America.

142 pages

You can visit Patrick’s website at www.industrialpioneers.com.

If you would like to review Industrial Pioneers, email us by clicking here or email Dorothy Thompson at thewriterslife@yahoo.com.  Deadline for inquiries end August 30 or until the tour is filled.

Thank you!