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The Gilded Age and Progressivism 1891-1913 (Discovering U.S. History)

by Richard Jensen
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Overview

For more than a century, the United States had experienced constant change as technological advances united the country by communication, transportation, currency, and power. As the forward-thinking members of society continued to reinvent the lives of their fellow citizens with their products and devices, it seemed as if change was everywhere. In the last decade of the nineteenth century, America continued to define its identity through industrial progress, domestic reform, an expansionist foreign policy, and the millions of new immigrants arriving at its shores. In The Gilded Age and Progressivism, explore how the United States transitioned from a rural nation into an industrial giant thanks to progressivism during the Gilded Age.

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Gr 5–8—These overviews open with dramatic accounts of events, such as the Lewis and Clark expedition and the sinking of the USSMaine, which were emblematic of their time periods. McNeese then discusses the people, politics, economic conditions, and foreign affairs of each era, objectively explaining how the attitudes, perceptions, and expectations of the American people and their leaders shaped the development of the country. He wisely does not attempt to cover everything that happened during each period, instead concentrating on its most prominent people and events and providing enough background information and detail to help readers understand the time and its importance. Sidebars, some lengthy, provide additional information about various topics, and each book includes an extensive chronology. Surprisingly, there are no source notes. Average-quality, color period art and photos, maps, and cutaway drawings supplement the texts. Although these books are informative, they often read like expanded chapters in history texts, and they have an advanced vocabulary. They will work well as complements to Debatable Issues in U.S. History (Greenwood, 2004), a similarly arranged set that covers much of the same material but emphasizes the often-contentious debates about the most important issues of each time period. Solid additional choices for report writers.—Mary Mueller, formerly at Rolla Junior High School, MO

Book Details

Published
May 1, 2010
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Pages
136
Format
Library Binding, 2010
ISBN
9781604133554

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