Promised Land

A groundbreaking work of history about the American middle class—its rise, why it faltered, and who truly benefited from its dominance. In Promised Land , David Stebenne “invites us to remember those decades in which both the middle class and the Democratic Party were ascendant” ( The Wall Street Journal ). The story begins with the pervasive income and wealth inequality of the pre-New Deal period. What followed began a great leveling. World War II brought transformative elements that also helpe