pbA iNew York Times Book Review iEditors' ChoicebbrbbrA grounded and expansive examination of the American economic divide . . . It takes a skillful journalist to weave data and anecdotes together so effectively. --Carolyn Kellogg, iLos Angeles TimesibbrbbrAn award-winning journalist investigates Amazon's impact on the wealth and poverty of towns and cities across the United States.b pIn 1937, the famed writer and activist Upton Sinclair published a novel bearing the subtitlei A Story of Ford-Americai. He blasted the callousness of a company worth a billion dollars that underpaid its workers while forcing them to engage in repetitive and sometimes dangerous assembly-line labor. Eight decades later, the market capitalization of Amazon.com has exceeded 1.5 trillion, while the value of the Ford Motor Company hovers around 30 billion. We have entered the age of one-click America--and as the coronavirus makes Americans more dependent on online shopping, Amazon's sway will only intensify. pA