An interactive multimedia work on CD-ROM that focuses on the work that built, sustained, and transformed American society, and on the changing conditions, conduct and beliefs of the people who performed that essential labor. Features thousands of pages of text and historical documents, hundreds of high-resolution pictures, photographs, and letters, 60 graphs and charts, four hours of audio, and 45 minutes of film. Users can navigate a number of ways, including page, word, chapter, and table of contents, or use customized searching and notebook capabilities to search by subject and document type.