The incorporation of America : culture and society in the Gilded Age /
An analysis of the expansion of capitalist power in the last third of the nineteenth century and the cultural changes it brought in its wake. In America's westward expansion, labor unrest, newly powerful cities and newly mechanized industries, the ideals and ideas by which Americans lived were...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Hill and Wang,
[2007]
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| Edition: | 25th anniversary ed. |
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| Summary: | An analysis of the expansion of capitalist power in the last third of the nineteenth century and the cultural changes it brought in its wake. In America's westward expansion, labor unrest, newly powerful cities and newly mechanized industries, the ideals and ideas by which Americans lived were reshaped and American society became more structured, with an entrenched middle class and a powerful business elite. |
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 272 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-262) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780809058280 0809058286 |