Speaking from a third-person person point of view, Brands offers a concise, objective and genuine view of what really happened during the last decade of the 19th Century. ... Through the violent rebellions of the worker unions and the general resentment of the workers against their employers, Brand further asserts that these protests and strikes only further strengthened the power of the business class rather than weaken it. ... What I found most interesting while reading The Reckless Decade was the way Brands described the political battles between Bryan and McKinley leading up to the 1896...

• Word Count: 504
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate