The Gilded Age A Reappraisal Author:H. Wayne Morgan (editor) H. Wayne Morgan organized the selections in this books to examine critically the historical facts and interpretations available on the period in American History generally known as the Gilded Age, or approximately the years 1865 to 1890. — This book is not a general survey of the period, however, and such is not its purpose. Rather, the contribut... more »ors hope by bringing new attention, new interpretations, and fresh materials to several topics especially relevant to the Gilded Age, to arouse interest in further study. Above all, the contributors hope to show where and how the facts and interpretations concerning their topics and the period generally have been misused or misunderstood.
Contributors are: H. Wayne Morgan, John Tipple, Herbert G. Gutman, Ari Hoogenboom, Vincent P. De Santis, Paolo E. Coletta, Milton Plesur, Robert R. Roberts, Robert Falk, and Paul F. Boller, Jr.« less