The Gilded Age
Perspectives on the Origins of Modern America
Contributions by Eric Arnesen, Robert G. Barrows, Michael Les Benedict Ohio State University, Ballard C. Campbell, W. Bernard Carlson, Stacy A. Cordery, Ruth C. Crocker, Roger Daniels, Edmund J. Danziger, Leslie H. Fishel, Joseph A. Fry University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Lewis L. Gould, Ellen M. Litwicki, Worth Robert Miller, Glenn Porter Edited by Charles W. Calhoun
Publication date:
11 September 2006Length of book:
402 pagesPublisher
Rowman & Littlefield PublishersDimensions:
237x162mm6x9"
ISBN-13: 9780742550377
The United States that entered the twentieth century was vastly different from the nation that emerged from the Civil War. Industrialization, mass immigration, the growing presence of women in the work force, and the rapid advance of the cities had transformed American society.
Broad in scope, The Gilded Age brings together sixteen original essays that offer lively syntheses of modern scholarship while making their own interpretive arguments. These engaging pieces allow students to consider the various societal, cultural and political factors that make studying the Gilded Age crucial to our understanding of America today. Charles W. Calhoun connects all of these essays with a comprehensive introduction that places each article in an understandable historical context. For the second edition of this successful book, each essay was revised and three new pieces have been added that explore technology, consumerism, intellectual life, and race in late nineteenth century America.
Broad in scope, The Gilded Age brings together sixteen original essays that offer lively syntheses of modern scholarship while making their own interpretive arguments. These engaging pieces allow students to consider the various societal, cultural and political factors that make studying the Gilded Age crucial to our understanding of America today. Charles W. Calhoun connects all of these essays with a comprehensive introduction that places each article in an understandable historical context. For the second edition of this successful book, each essay was revised and three new pieces have been added that explore technology, consumerism, intellectual life, and race in late nineteenth century America.
This book is an essential resource—the only collection of essays on the post-Civil War decades currently in print. The first edition provided excellent coverage of politics, the economy, science and technology, and the experiences of such key social groups as women, Native Americans, and African-Americans. The new second edition enhances this with superb new essays on the era's cultural and intellectual history. From the steel industry to the Chicago World's Fair, from the Supreme Court to the Social Gospel, these essays introduce readers to one of the most formative and exciting periods in American history.