The Gilded Age: an Era of Transformation and Excess
Words: 471 1163The Gilded Age, a term coined by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner in their 1873 novel "The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today," covers the stretch from the 1870s to about 1900 in American history. It was a time of fast cash, factories cranking out goods, and a big split between the ritzy lifestyles of the rich and the tough times for the working folks and new arrivals. "Gilded" says it all—like a shiny coat over something not so […]