Booth Tarkington’s novel, The Turmoil (1915), negotiates the psychological
minefield of rapid industrialization / technological shifts / structural social
change due to new innovation and rapid growth. While it was written almost 100
years ago, the disruptive technologies and their impact on social structure and
individual psychology hold true today. The Turmoil is first of the Growth Trilogy,
Published on June 08, 2014 21:21