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New spirits : Americans in the "Gilded Age," 1865-1905 / Rebecca Edwards, Vassar College.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Edwards, Rebecca, 1966- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--History--1865-1921.
- United States.
- History.
- United States--Social conditions--1865-1918.
- Social conditions.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 256 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]
- Summary:
- Sweeps away old "Gilded Age" stereotypes and offers fresh and diverse perspectives on the United States in the late 19th century Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Part I. The wedge, 1865-1890
- An uneasy peace: the legacies of Civil War
- Reach: energy, corporations, and people in the global economy
- Work: moving up or getting by
- A state of war: the violence of incorporation
- Part II. The exchange
- Money
- Youth
- Sex
- Faith
- Science
- Part III. The fires, 1890-1905
- Cooperative dreams: populists and progressives
- Executive powers: presidents, corporations, and American empire
- Epilogue: the partridges and the hippopotamus.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780190217174
- 0190217170
- OCLC:
- 905970187
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