A companion to the gilded age and progressive era

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Imprint:

Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons Inc., [2017]

Subject:

United States - History - 1865-1921
Progressivism (United States politics)

Contributor:

Nichols, Christopher McKnight, editor
Unger, Nancy C., editor

ISBN:

9781118913963 and 1118913965

Series:

Wiley-Blackwell companions to American history

Description:

x, 513 pages ; 29 cm

Bibliographic Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 454-506) and index

Contents:

Introduction: Gilded excesses, multiple progressivisms / Christopher McKnight Nichols and Nancy C. Unger -- Part I. Overview-Definitions, Precursors, and Geographies -- 1 Reconstructing the Gilded Age and Progressive Era / Heather Cox Richardson -- 2 Precursors to Gilded Age and Progressive Era reforms / James M. Beeby and Brian M. Ingrassia -- 3 Urban America / Michael B. Kahan -- 4 The South / Amy Louise Wood -- 5 The Midwest and Far West during the Gilded Age and Progressive Era / Thomas J. Jablonsky -- 6 Environment: nature, conservation, and the progressive state / Benjamin Johnson -- Part II. Sex, Race, and Gender -- 7 Gender / Kimberly A. Hamlin -- 8 Inventing sexuality: ideologies, identities, and practices in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era / Leigh Ann Wheeler -- 9 African Americans / Omar H. Ali -- 10 From dispossessed wards to citizen activists: American Indians survive the assimilation policy era / Alexandra Harmon -- 11 Race, immigration, and ethnicity / Julie Greene -- Part III. Art, Thought, and Culture -- 12 Art and architecture / Alan Lessoff -- 13 Religion in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era / Matthew Bowman -- 14 Journalism / Bruce J. Evensen -- 15 Popular culture / Julia Guarneri -- Part IV. Economics, Science, and Technology -- 16 American capitalism: from the Atlantic economy to domestic industrialization / Noam Maggor -- 17 Nonprofit organizations, philanthropy, and civil society / David C. Hammack -- 18 Labor and class in the GAPE: fruitful opposition and the specter of the middle class / David Huyssen -- 19 Science and technology / Alan I Marcus -- 20 The rise of a modern concept of "health" / David G. Schuster -- Part V. Political Leadership -- 21 Gilded Age presidents / Justus D. Doenecke -- 22 Political movers and shakers / Karen Pastorello -- 23 Changing interpretations of Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Era / Kathleen Dalton -- 24 Woodrow Wilson / Lloyd E. Ambrosius -- Part VI. Government, Politics, and Law -- 25 Pivotal elections / Sidney M. Milkis and Anthony Sparacino -- 26 Congress in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era / Mark Wahlgren Summers -- 27 Revising constitutional history / Logan E. Sawyer III -- 28 Radicalism and conservatism / Cristina V. Groeger -- Part VII. The United States and the World -- 29 Connections, networks, and the beginnings of a global America in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era / Ian Tyrrell -- 30 Empire, expansion, and its consequences / Allan E.S. Lumba -- 31 The United States in the world during the Gilded Age and Progressive Era / Katherine Unterman -- Part VIII. Major Works and Contemporary Relevance -- 32 Decades of upheaval and reform / Maureen A. Flanagan -- 33 Influential works about the Gilded Age and Progressive Era / Robert D. Johnston -- 34 Why the Gilded Age and Progressive Era still matter / Michael Kazin

Summary:

"Characterized by social upheavals, rapid industrialization, and unprecedented economic growth, the long Gilded Age and Progressive Era represents one of the most fascinating and instructive times in American history. [This book] presents a collection of new historiographic and historical 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. Featuring contributions from top scholars writing in their field of expertise, the book explores this critical period of America's past from a variety of innovative approaches and scholarly lenses: social, cultural, economic, political, diplomatic, ethnic, racial, gendered, religious, global, and ecological. It provides a multi-faceted and in-depth compendium of the rich scholarship that interprets the history and historiography of the period and assesses current work on its key themes, topics, and individuals. After providing an overview of events that paved the way to the Gilded Age in different regions of the country, chapters explore general topics relating to such themes as sexuality, race, science and technology, education, and focusing on government, legislation and the judiciary, and featuring analysis of all the period's presidents, concluding with Woodrow Wilson. After considering the relationship between the United States and the rest of the world, the final chapters evaluate major works of and about the period and the era's relevance today. [This book] is an essential resource that adds immeasurably to the body of knowledge about one of the most important periods of U.S. history."--Back cover

Collection:

BGC Monograph Stacks

Call Number:

E661 .C695 2017

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