By Christopher M. Nichols,Nancy C. Unger
- The unmarried, definitive source for the newest kingdom of information in relation to the heritage and historiography of the Gilded Age and revolutionary Era
- Features contributions by way of prime students in quite a lot of correct specialties
- Coverage of the interval comprises geographic, social, cultural, fiscal, political, diplomatic, ethnic, racial, gendered, non secular, international, and ecological subject matters and approaches
- In today’s period, sometimes called a “second Gilded Age,” this ebook deals appropriate historic research of the criteria that helped create modern society
- Fills a massive chronological hole in period-based American heritage collections
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