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A Companion to the Gilded Age and Progressive Era

Nancy C Unger editor Christopher McKnight Nichols editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Published:10th Jun '22

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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

"Scholars of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, along with graduate and undergraduate students, will fine A Companion to the Golded Age and Progressive Era, edited by Christopher McKnight Nichols and Nancy C. Unger, an essential resource. The thirty-four essays contained within it, arranged in eight thematic sections are authored by a combination of the field's leading scholars and its rising stars. These pieces range from good to excellent. Overall, this volume combines a profound appreiation for the historians who have long defined this period...with a commitment to moving beyond the belief in American exceptionalism that, consciously or not, guided their writings. Specifically, key essays in this Companion contextualize the GAPE within a global framework."
REVIEWED BY JOHN P. ENYEART, Bucknell University in the Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era (October 2018)

ISBN: 9781119775706

Dimensions: 274mm x 213mm x 38mm

Weight: 1179g

528 pages