The Big Change is a rich, informative and delightfully readable book charting the many changes that were introduced in our contemporary age. This book recounts in vivid detail how the United States saw two world wars and how the nation overcome a devastating economic depression. It also narrates a number of political, social, and economic changes that occured in any other five-decade period and the major events that changed the course of history. The book includes how the United States politically grew into a global superpower during these years. It also covers the introduction of the automobile, its mass production, and how organized labor changed the lives of Americans.