Biographies remain useful evidence when their scope and representativeness are made explicit.
McGirr argues that sensational narratives have displaced attention from ordinary workers, immigrants, poor communities, enforcement, and political mobilization. Her alternative puts differentiated local experience at the center of the history.
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Preface
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McGirr argues that sensational narratives have displaced attention from ordinary workers, immigrants, poor communities, enforcement, and political mobilization. Her alternative puts differentiated local experience at the center of the history.
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Preface; physical PDF pp. 10–14, supplied 334-page copy.
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Biographies remain useful evidence when their scope and representativeness are made explicit.