1935 America Strikes Back, Rare Social Critique of Depression-Era America

“America Strikes Back: A Record of Contrasts” by Gustavus Myers is a significant 1935 hardcover publication by Ives Washburn, Inc., offering a critical examination of American society during the interwar period. Myers, a renowned social historian and progressive thinker, was known for his incisive critiques of capitalism, corruption, and inequality, as reflected in his influential works such as “History of the Great American Fortunes” and “History of the Supreme Court of the United States”. Published during the Great Depression and the New Deal era, America Strikes Back explores the contrasts within American society—wealth and poverty, power and oppression, progress and stagnation—shedding light on the economic and social struggles of the time.