A Companion to the Gilded Age and Progressive Era presents a collection of new historiographic essays covering the years between 1877 and 1920, a period which saw the U.S. emerge from the ashes of Reconstruction to become a world power. * The single, definitive resource for the latest state of knowledge relating to the history and historiography of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era * Features contributions by leading scholars in a wide range of relevant specialties * Coverage of the period includes geographic, social, cultural, economic, political, diplomatic, ethnic, racial, gendered, religious, global, and ecological themes and approaches * In today's era, often referred to as a "second Gilded Age," this book offers relevant historical analysis of the factors that helped create contemporary society * Fills an important chronological gap in period-based American history collections