Calhoun, Ed., The Gilded Age - Essays On The Origins Of Modern America

Abstract

In his preface, editor Charles Calhoun notes that the idea of this book grew out of conversations with colleagues who agreed on the need for a book teachers could use to introduce their students to a "reconsideration of the various aspects of American life in the Gilded Age." In general, Calhoun's anthology accomplishes this goal extremely well. Composed of an introduction and fourteen essays by, with one exception, recognized scholars of the period, most of the major developments of the period are covered.