Oblong 32mo. (12)pp, accordionfold. The "American progression" represented here is one of fracture and hope conveyed through a series of pochoir images. White pillars at the outset, these referring to the majority white-identifying population of the United States in 1950, quickly collapse into dark fields of scarcity and smog. There is a deep affect here of worry and despair, the abstract forms communicating pollution in its climatological, political, and psychological senses. Certainly these emotions characterize the modern crisis felt broadly by all, but here the particular commentary attends to the troubling bitterness and angst expressed by white supremacists and the far-right discourse that have increasingly dominated conversations about race, privilege, and the future of America. Thomas Parker Williams's illustrations, in the final panels, call for a rising up among the oppressed and the resurgence of a communal attitude among all. Figures of all colors dance in a clear and sunny field, suggesting a possible road out of apparent societal collapse. Undergirding the images are statistical data and statements expressing both belief and anxiety, written and printed by Mary Agnes Williams. Bound in boards with pochoir to both covers. Held in card slipcase. Fine.