America in the Gilded Age : from the death of Lincoln to the rise of Theodore Roosevelt
Lively and anecdotal in style, this volume offers a general account of the industrial and economic, social and political history of the period from 1865 to 1901. Cashman focuses on the amazing developments in industry during the period, and describes the complementary social history of immigration, urbanization and labor unions, and the shift from a rural agrarian nation to an urban industrual one. He also covers the political stories of Reconstruction and party politics, the rise of dissent and the Populist Revolt, and concludes with accounts of imperialism and progressivism at the turn of the century. Includes life stories and personalities of the principal protagonists. ISBN 0-8147-1387-4 (pbk.) : $13.50
Print Book, English, 1984
New York University Press, New York, 1984