Mark Twain-1871 Andrew Carnegie, 1910. Library of Congress During the "Gilded Age," every man was a potential Andrew Carnegie, and Americans who achieved wealth celebrated it as never before.

The late 19th century, famously dubbed The Gilded Age by Mark Twain, saw a booming industrial economy and rising inequality, poverty and political corruption leading to class conflicts.

The rise of populism and an increasing rural-urban divide also suggests the need for a second look at the Gilded Age, a period that featured both. In The Republic for Which It Stands: The United ...

The Gilded Age was a study in contrasts. Immigrants arrived in New York City with little to nothing in their pockets, while just uptown some of the richest men and women in America built mansions ...

Several newcomers will join the dramatic ensemble of HBO’s The Gilded Age once season 3 hits the small screen. The third season of Julian Fellowes’ period series is set in the late 1800s is ...

While both candidates benefit from billionaire contributions, the Trump campaign has relied on it more heavily.

EXCLUSIVE: HBO‘s The Gilded Age has tapped six for supporting roles in Season 3: Dylan Baker (The Good Wife), Kate Baldwin (Broadway’s Hello, Dolly!), Michael Cumpsty (Severance), John Ellison ...

Raw capitalism — sometimes referred to as Laissez-faire (“leave alone ... they want to turn the clock back to the raw ...

The Gilded Age Season 3 is currently in production in New York. Fans got their first glimpse of Season 3 footage in a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it clip in an HBO teaser dropped on August 4 ...

Methods and findings My work began by sorting through several decades of what Dr Koehler and I came to refer to as “crime categories” — a list of various titles ascribed to crimes committed in both ...

“There are some promising signs, but if we don't continue down that path, we are already essentially in a new Gilded Age,” says Tamir, echoing President Joe Biden’s rhetoric on checking ...

Once the cultural understandings of what was going on were reversed, they succeeded big time. It's true we haven't paid much attention to poverty in this particular gilded age, but it is changing.