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,…mehr
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 collectionsHinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Christopher McKnight Nichols is professor of history and Wayne Woodrow Hayes Chair in National Security Studies, Mershon Center for International Security Studies, at the Ohio State University. An Andrew Carnegie Fellow and award-winning scholar and teacher, Nichols is the author or editor of six books, including Promise and Peril: America at the Dawn of a Global Age (2011) and Rethinking American Grand Strategy (2021). Nancy C. Unger, President of the Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era 2021-2023, is Professor of History at Santa Clara University. She is the author of the award-winning biographies Fighting Bob La Follette: The Righteous Reformer (2000; revised paperback 2008), and Belle La Follette: Progressive Era Reformer (2016). Her book Beyond Nature's Housekeepers: American Women in Environmental History (2012), was a California Book Award Finalist.
Inhaltsangabe
Notes on Contributors vii
Introduction: Gilded Excesses, Multiple Progressivisms 1 Christopher McKnight Nichols and Nancy C. Unger
Part I Overview-Definitions, Precursors, and Geographies 5
1 Reconstructing the Gilded Age and Progressive Era 7 Heather Cox Richardson
2 Precursors to Gilded Age and Progressive Era Reforms 21 James M. Beeby and Brian M. Ingrassia
3 Urban America 31 Michael B. Kahan
4 The South 44 Amy Louise Wood
5 The Midwest and Far West during the Gilded Age and Progressive Era 58 Thomas J. Jablonsky
6 Environment: Nature, Conservation, and the Progressive State 71 Benjamin Johnson
Part II Sex, Race, and Gender 85
7 Gender 87 Kimberly A. Hamlin
8 Inventing Sexuality: Ideologies, Identities, and Practices in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era 102 Leigh Ann Wheeler
9 African Americans 116 Omar H. Ali
10 From Dispossessed Wards to Citizen Activists: American Indians Survive the Assimilation Policy Era 124 Alexandra Harmon
11 Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity 137 Julie Greene
Part III Art, Thought, and Culture 149
12 Art and Architecture 151 Alan Lessoff
13 Religion in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era 165 Matthew Bowman
14 Journalism 178 Bruce J. Evensen
15 Popular Culture 19 Julia Guarneri
Part IV Economics, Science, and Technology 203
16 American Capitalism: From the Atlantic Economy to Domestic Industrialization 205 Noam Maggor
17 Nonprofit Organizations, Philanthropy, and Civil Society 215 David C. Hammack
18 Labor and Class in the GAPE: Fruitful Opposition and the Specter of the Middle Class 229 David Huyssen
19 Science and Technology 243 Alan I Marcus
20 The Rise of a Modern Concept of "Health" 255 David G. Schuster
Part V Political Leadership 269
21 Gilded Age Presidents 271 Justus D. Doenecke
22 Political Movers and Shakers 284 Karen Pastorello
23 Changing Interpretations of Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Era 296 Kathleen Dalton
24 Woodrow Wilson 308 Lloyd E. Ambrosius
Part VI Government, Politics, and Law 321
25 Pivotal Elections 323 Sidney M. Milkis and Anthony Sparacino
26 Congress in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era 339 Mark Wahlgren Summers
27 Revising Constitutional History 350 Logan E. Sawyer III
28 Radicalism and Conservatism 362 Cristina V. Groeger
Part VII The United States and the World 379
29 Connections, Networks, and the Beginnings of a Global America in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era 381 Ian Tyrrell
30 Empire, Expansion, and Its Consequences 399 Allan E. S. Lumba
31 The United States in the World during the Gilded Age and Progressive Era 410 Katherine Unterman
Part VIII Major Works and Contemporary Relevance 421
32 Decades of Upheaval and Reform 423 Maureen A. Flanagan
33 Influential Works about the Gilded Age and Progressive Era 437 Robert D. Johnston
34 Why the Gilded Age and Progressive Era Still Matter 450 Michael Kazin
Introduction: Gilded Excesses, Multiple Progressivisms 1 Christopher McKnight Nichols and Nancy C. Unger
Part I Overview-Definitions, Precursors, and Geographies 5
1 Reconstructing the Gilded Age and Progressive Era 7 Heather Cox Richardson
2 Precursors to Gilded Age and Progressive Era Reforms 21 James M. Beeby and Brian M. Ingrassia
3 Urban America 31 Michael B. Kahan
4 The South 44 Amy Louise Wood
5 The Midwest and Far West during the Gilded Age and Progressive Era 58 Thomas J. Jablonsky
6 Environment: Nature, Conservation, and the Progressive State 71 Benjamin Johnson
Part II Sex, Race, and Gender 85
7 Gender 87 Kimberly A. Hamlin
8 Inventing Sexuality: Ideologies, Identities, and Practices in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era 102 Leigh Ann Wheeler
9 African Americans 116 Omar H. Ali
10 From Dispossessed Wards to Citizen Activists: American Indians Survive the Assimilation Policy Era 124 Alexandra Harmon
11 Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity 137 Julie Greene
Part III Art, Thought, and Culture 149
12 Art and Architecture 151 Alan Lessoff
13 Religion in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era 165 Matthew Bowman
14 Journalism 178 Bruce J. Evensen
15 Popular Culture 19 Julia Guarneri
Part IV Economics, Science, and Technology 203
16 American Capitalism: From the Atlantic Economy to Domestic Industrialization 205 Noam Maggor
17 Nonprofit Organizations, Philanthropy, and Civil Society 215 David C. Hammack
18 Labor and Class in the GAPE: Fruitful Opposition and the Specter of the Middle Class 229 David Huyssen
19 Science and Technology 243 Alan I Marcus
20 The Rise of a Modern Concept of "Health" 255 David G. Schuster
Part V Political Leadership 269
21 Gilded Age Presidents 271 Justus D. Doenecke
22 Political Movers and Shakers 284 Karen Pastorello
23 Changing Interpretations of Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Era 296 Kathleen Dalton
24 Woodrow Wilson 308 Lloyd E. Ambrosius
Part VI Government, Politics, and Law 321
25 Pivotal Elections 323 Sidney M. Milkis and Anthony Sparacino
26 Congress in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era 339 Mark Wahlgren Summers
27 Revising Constitutional History 350 Logan E. Sawyer III
28 Radicalism and Conservatism 362 Cristina V. Groeger
Part VII The United States and the World 379
29 Connections, Networks, and the Beginnings of a Global America in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era 381 Ian Tyrrell
30 Empire, Expansion, and Its Consequences 399 Allan E. S. Lumba
31 The United States in the World during the Gilded Age and Progressive Era 410 Katherine Unterman
Part VIII Major Works and Contemporary Relevance 421
32 Decades of Upheaval and Reform 423 Maureen A. Flanagan
33 Influential Works about the Gilded Age and Progressive Era 437 Robert D. Johnston
34 Why the Gilded Age and Progressive Era Still Matter 450 Michael Kazin
Bibliography 454
Index 507
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