The depiction of the changing American landscape, from the turn of the century through the First World War, provides a fascinating backdrop to the family drama. Steinbeck captures the end of the frontier era and the beginning of mechanization. History students often use an East of Eden PDF to cite these sociological changes. We offer essays and articles that contextualize the fiction within the actual historical events of the era. By using our resources alongside your text, you gain a multidimensional understanding of the world Steinbeck was preserving in ink.