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A Companion to the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, Hardback Book

A Companion to the Gilded Age and Progressive Era Hardback

Edited by Christopher McKnight (Ohio State University) Nichols, Nancy C. (Santa Clara University) Unger

Part of the Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History series

Hardback

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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 EraFeatures contributions by leading scholars in a wide range of relevant specialtiesCoverage of the period includes geographic, social, cultural, economic, political, diplomatic, ethnic, racial, gendered, religious, global, and ecological themes and approachesIn today's era, often referred to as a "second Gilded Age," this book offers relevant historical analysis of the factors that helped create contemporary societyFills an important chronological gap in period-based American history collections

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