A Companion to the Gilded Age and Progressive Era |
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| Editor:
| Nichols, Christopher McKnight
Unger, Nancy C. |
| Series title: | Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-118-91399-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2017 |
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
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| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Book Format: | Digital online |
| List Price: | USD $210.95 |
Book Description:
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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...
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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