Henry George's Progress and Poverty and Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward, 2000-1887 were both critical bestsellers with the American middle class of the 1880s because they each provided sharp critiques of industrialization and how it promoted .

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Both books critiqued the economic inequality exacerbated by industrialization, resonating with middle-class readers who were concerned about the growing gap between the rich and the poor.