America in the Gilded Age : From the Death of Lincoln to the Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

by Cashman, Sean Dennis

• ISBN13: 9780814714959
• ISBN10: 0814714951
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-10-01
• Publisher: New York University Press

Summary

When the first edition ofAmerica in the Gilded Agewas published in 1984, it soon acquired the status of a classic, and was widely acknowledged as the first comprehensive account of the latter half of the nineteenth century to appear in many years. Sean Dennis Cashman traces the political and social saga of America as it passed through the momentous transformation of the Industrial Revolution and the settlement of the West. Revised and extended chapters focusing on immigration, labor, the great cities, and the American Renaissance are accompanied by a wealth of augmented and enhanced illustrations, many new to this addition.

Table of Contents

Illustrations
Preface to the New Edition
Preface to the First Edition
The Sight and Sound of Industrial America
Industrial Spring	p. 1
Titans at War: The Industrial Legacy of Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Morgan	p. 36
Exodus to a Promised Land	p. 73
The Sorrows of Labor	p. 100
Not since Nineveh: Tall Stories and Tales of Two Cities	p. 135
Midsummer of the American Renaissance	p. 168
Politics and Discontent
Reconstruction and the New South	p. 203
The Last Refuge of a Scoundrel	p. 244
Opening the West and Closing the Frontier	p. 282
Gates of Silver and Bars of Gold	p. 313
War and Empire	p. 338
The Dawn of a Progressive Age	p. 354
Chronology	p. 381
Sources	p. 387
Bibliography	p. 391
Index	p. 409
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