A Companion to the Gilded Age and Progressive Era

<i>A Companion to the Gilded Age and Progressive Era </i>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.<br /> <ul> <li>The single, definitive resource for the latest state of knowledge relating to the history and historiography of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era</li> <li>Features contributions by leading scholars in a wide range of relevant specialties</li> <li>Coverage of the period includes geographic, social, cultural, economic, political, diplomatic, ethnic, racial, gendered, religious, global, and ecological themes and approaches</li> <li>In today&rsquo;s era, often referred to as a &ldquo;second Gilded Age,&rdquo; this book offers relevant historical analysis of the factors that helped create contemporary society</li> <li>Fills an important chronological gap in period-based American history collections</li> </ul>