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.

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 Bibliography 454 Index 507

A COMPANION TO THE GILDED AGE AND PROGRESSIVE ERA Characterized by social upheavals, rapid industrialization, and unprecedented economic growth, the long Gilded Age and Progressive Era represents one of the most fascinating and instructive times in American history. A Companion to the Gilded Age and Progressive Era presents a collection of new historiographic and historical essays covering the years between 1877 and 1920, a period which saw the United States emerge from the turmoil of Reconstruction to become a world power. Featuring contributions from top scholars writing in their field of expertise, the book explores this critical period of America’s past through a variety of innovative approaches and scholarly lenses: social, cultural, economic, political, diplomatic, ethnic, racial, gendered, religious, global, and ecological. It provides a multi-faceted, in-depth compendium of rich scholarship that interprets the history and historiography of the period and assesses current work on its key themes, topics, and individuals. After providing an overview of events that paved the way to the Gilded Age in different regions of the country, chapters explore general topics relating to such themes as sexuality, race, science and technology, education, and politics, focusing on government, legislation and the judiciary, and featuring analysis of all the period’s presidents, concluding with Woodrow Wilson. After considering the relationship between the United States and the rest of the world, the final chapters evaluate major works of and about the period and the era’s relevance today. A Companion to the Gilded Age and Progressive Era is an essential resource that adds immeasurably to the body of knowledge about one of the most important periods of US history.

"Scholars of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, along with graduate and undergraduate students, will fine A Companion to the Golded Age and Progressive Era, edited by Christopher McKnight Nichols and Nancy C. Unger, an essential resource. The thirty-four essays contained within it, arranged in eight thematic sections are authored by a combination of the field's leading scholars and its rising stars. These pieces range from good to excellent. Overall, this volume combines a profound appreiation for the historians who have long defined this period...with a commitment to moving beyond the belief in American exceptionalism that, consciously or not, guided their writings. Specifically, key essays in this Companion contextualize the GAPE within a global framework."REVIEWED BY JOHN P. ENYEART, Bucknell University in the Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era (October 2018)