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In American history, the '''"Gilded Age"''' refers to the post-[[American Civil War|Civil War]] era, from 1865 to 1901, which saw unprecedented economic, industrial, and population expansion in a mostly conservative political environment. The era overlaps with [[Reconstruction]] (1863-1877) and ended with the depression of the 1890s, the presidential election of 1896, and the new [[Progressive Era]].
In American history, the '''"Gilded Age"''' refers to the post-[[American Civil War|Civil War]] era, from 1865 to 1901, which saw unprecedented economic, industrial, and population expansion in a mostly conservative political environment. The era overlaps with [[Reconstruction]] (1863-1877) and ended with the depression of the 1890s, the presidential election of 1896, and the new [[Progressive Era]].
The Gilded Age was characterized by an unusually rapid growth of railroads, small factories, banks, stores, mines and other family-owned enterprises, together with the start of millions of new farms, especially in the prairie region. Very rapid economic and population growth made the U.S. economy the largest and richest in the world.
The Gilded Age was characterized by an unusually rapid growth of railroads, small factories, banks, stores, mines and other family-owned enterprises, together with the start of millions of new farms, especially in the prairie region. Very rapid economic and population growth made the U.S. economy the largest and richest in the world.
The term "Gilded Age" was coined by [[Mark Twain]] and [[Charles Dudley Warner]] in their book, ''The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today'' (1873). The term comes from Shakespeare: "To gild refined gold, to paint the lily... is wasteful and ridiculous excess."
The term "Gilded Age" was coined by [[Mark Twain]] and [[Charles Dudley Warner]] in their book, ''The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today'' (1873). The term comes from Shakespeare: "To gild refined gold, to paint the lily... is wasteful and ridiculous excess."
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==Agriculture and the American west ==
==Agriculture and the American west ==
==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
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* Argersinger, Peter H. ''Structure, Process, and Party: Essays in American Political History.'' (1992) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=55565101 online version]
* Argersinger, Peter H. ''Structure, Process, and Party: Essays in American Political History.'' (1992) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=55565101 online version]
* Buenker, John D. and Joseph Buenker, eds. ''Encyclopedia of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era.'' Sharpe Reference, 2005. 1256 pp. in three volumes. ISBN 0-7656-8051-3; 900 essays by 200 scholars
* Buenker, John D. and Joseph Buenker, eds. ''Encyclopedia of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era.'' Sharpe Reference, 2005. 1256 pp. in three volumes. ISBN 0-7656-8051-3; 900 essays by 200 scholars