A Companion to the Gilded Age and Progressive Era |
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Author:
| Nichols, Christopher M. Unger, Nancy C. |
Series title: | Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-118-91400-7 |
Publication Date: | Feb 2017 |
Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
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Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
Book Format: | Online resource |
List Price: | USD $195.00 |
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