The Gilded Age and Progressive Era

The Gilded Age and Progressive Era
Author: William A. Link
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2012-02-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 1444331396

This volume presents documents that illustrate the variety of experiences and themes involved in the transformation of American political, economic, and social systems during the Gilded Age and Progressive Era (1870-1920). Includes nearly 70 documents which cover the period from the end of the Civil War and Reconstruction in the 1870s through World War I Explores the experiences of people during the Gilded Age and Progressive Era from a variety of diverse perspectives, including important political and cultural leaders as well as everyday individuals Charts the nationalization of American life and the establishment of the United States as a global power Introduces students to historical analysis and encourages them to engage critically with primary sources Introductory materials from the editors situate the documents within their historical context A bibliography provides essential suggestions for further reading and research

A Companion to the Gilded Age and Progressive Era

A Companion to the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
Author: Christopher McKnight Nichols
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 532
Release: 2022-06-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1119775701

A Companion to the Gilded Age and Progressive Era presents a collection of new historiographic essays covering the years between 1877 and 1920, a period which saw the U.S. emerge from the ashes of Reconstruction to become a world power. The single, definitive resource for the latest state of knowledge relating to the history and historiography of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era Features contributions by leading scholars in a wide range of relevant specialties Coverage of the period includes geographic, social, cultural, economic, political, diplomatic, ethnic, racial, gendered, religious, global, and ecological themes and approaches In today’s era, often referred to as a “second Gilded Age,” this book offers relevant historical analysis of the factors that helped create contemporary society Fills an important chronological gap in period-based American history collections

The Gilded Age & Progressive Era

The Gilded Age & Progressive Era
Author: Elisabeth Israels Perry
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 433
Release: 2006-10-30
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0195156706

"This single-volume encyclopedia includes more than 250 entries, each with a list of further reading and cross-references. Entries include: major events; political movements; social movements that shaped modern American Society; major religions; biographies of the era's most influential politicians, activists, artists, and writers; artistic and cultural trends; scientific advancements; the building of major landmarks; and major laws and court cases."--BOOK JACKET.

Children and Youth During the Gilded Age and Progressive Era

Children and Youth During the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
Author: James Marten
Publisher: NYU Press
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2014-09-26
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1479894141

In the decades after the Civil War, urbanization, industrialization, and immigration marked the start of the Gilded Age, a period of rapid economic growth but also social upheaval. Reformers responded to the social and economic chaos with a “search for order,” as famously described by historian Robert Wiebe. Most reformers agreed that one of the nation’s top priorities should be its children and youth, who, they believed, suffered more from the disorder plaguing the rapidly growing nation than any other group. Children and Youth during the Gilded Age and Progressive Era explores both nineteenth century conditions that led Progressives to their search for order and some of the solutions applied to children and youth in the context of that search. Edited by renowned scholar of children’s history James Marten, the collection of eleven essays offers case studies relevant to educational reform, child labor laws, underage marriage, and recreation for children, among others. Including important primary documents produced by children themselves, the essays in this volume foreground the role that youth played in exerting agency over their own lives and in contesting the policies that sought to protect and control them.

The Gilded Age

The Gilded Age
Author: Mark Twain
Publisher:
Total Pages: 380
Release: 1904
Genre: City and town life
ISBN:

The Human Tradition in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era

The Human Tradition in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
Author: Ballard C. Campbell
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Total Pages: 260
Release: 1999-12-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1461710863

The period between 1870 and 1920 was one of the most dynamic in American history. This era witnessed the invention of the automobile, the establishment of women's suffrage, and the opening of the Panama Canal. While a time of great advancement, the Gilded Age and Progressive Era were also periods of uncertainty as Americans coped with corrupt politicians, unchecked big business, and a vast influx of immigrants. SR Books offers a new approach to this time period in its book The Human Tradition in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. This volume looks at the experiences of 13 people who contributed to the shaping of American culture and thought during this period. These concise accounts are written by leading historians and give students an intimate view of history. This is an excellent text for courses in American studies.

Encyclopedia of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era

Encyclopedia of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
Author: John D. Buenker
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 1412
Release: 2021-04-14
Genre: History
ISBN: 1317471687

Spanning the era from the end of Reconstruction (1877) to 1920, the entries of this reference were chosen with attention to the people, events, inventions, political developments, organizations, and other forces that led to significant changes in the U.S. in that era. Seventeen initial stand-alone essays describe as many themes.

Major Problems in the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era

Major Problems in the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era
Author: Leon Fink
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Total Pages: 524
Release: 2001
Genre: History
ISBN:

Designed for courses in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, the rise of industrial America, and late 19th and early 20th century U.S. history. Follows the highly successful Major Problems format, allowing students to evaluate primary sources, test interpretations and draw their own conclusions.

A Very Different Age

A Very Different Age
Author: Steven J. Diner
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 340
Release: 1998-08-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780809016112

Steven J. Diner, drawing on the rich scholarship of recent social history, focuses on how Americans of diverse backgrounds and at all economic levels responded to the Progressive Era. Industrial workers and farmers, recent immigrants and African Americans, white-collar workers and small entrepreneurs had to reinvent the ways they managed their work, family, community, and leisure as the forces of change swept away familiar modes of economic life, rearranged hierarchies of social status, and redefined the relationship of citizens to their government. This is a striking new interpretation of a crucial epoch in our nation's history.