Download or read book The Hollow Years written by Eugen Weber and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1996 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Competitive intellectual preening grew more vapid, competitive political aspersions more scurrilous. The general public grumbled, tightened belts, struck, rioted, and, when all else failed, rounded on immigrants: "unwanted strangers, intruders, parasites, speaking in strange accents and cooking with strange smells."