The Gilded Age Perspectives on the Origins of Modern America

by Calhoun, Charles W.; Arnesen, Eric; Barrows, Robert G.; Benedict, Michael Les; Campbell, Ballard C.; Carlson, W. Bernard; Cordery, Stacy A.; Crocker, Ruth C.; Daniels, Roger; Danziger, Edmund J., Jr.; Fishel, Leslie H., Jr.; Fry, Joseph A.; Gould, Lewis L

• ISBN13: 9780742550384
• ISBN10: 0742550389
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-09-11
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Broad in scope, The Gilded Age brings together 16 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.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Introduction, Charles W. Calhoun	1	(210)
1 Industrialization and the Rise of Big Business, Glenn Porter	11	(18)
2 Technology and America as a Consumer Society, 1870-1900, W. Bernard Carlson	29	(24)
3 American Workers and the Labor Movement in the Late Nineteenth Century, Eric Arnesen	53	(22)
4 The Immigrant Experience in the Gilded Age, Roger Daniels	75	(26)
5 Urbanizing America, Robert G. Barrows	101	(18)
6 Women in Industrializing America, Stacy A. Cordery	119	(24)
7 The African-American Experience, Leslie H. Fishel Jr.	143	(24)
8 Native American Resistance and Accommodation during the Late Nineteenth Century, Edmund J. Danziger Jr.	167	(20)
9 The Influence of Commerce, Technology, and Race on Popular Culture in the Gilded Age, Ellen M. Litwicki	187	(24)
10 Cultural and Intellectual Life in the Gilded Age, Ruth C. Crocker	211	(28)
11 The Political Culture: Public Life and the Conduct of Politics, Charles W Calhoun	239	(26)
12 Party Conflict: Republicans versus Democrats, 1877-1901, Lewis L. Gould	265	(18)
13 Farmers and Third-Party Politics, Worth Robert Miller	283	(24)
14 Phases of Empire: Late Nineteenth-Century U.S. Foreign Relations, Joseph A. Fry	307	(26)
15 Law and the Constitution in the Gilded Age, Michael Les Benedict	333	(20)
16 Public Policy and State Government, Ballard C. Campbell	353	(20)
Index	373	(16)
About the Contributors	389