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.

Is the top tail of wealth a set of fixed individuals or is there substantial turnover? We estimate upper-tail wealth dynamics during the Gilded Age and beyond, a time of rapid wealth accumulation and ...

We’re already on board. They called it the ‘Gilded Age’, a window of time in American society so prosperous, so full of business and industry success, that the country has never seen its ...

WHITE: No, I think it’s one of the lasting battles in American politics. There’s an old ideal in the Gilded Age, the 19th century, for competency. The goal of most Americans during this period ...

The Gilded Age: It has been America’s gilt complex. For more than 150 years, its leading figures have captured the interest of the American public. Their doings gave birth to the first society columns ...

dynamic landscape of New York City in the Gilded Age By Jack Tchen as told to American Experience Leading up to and during the Gilded Age, New York City begins to define itself along its spine ...

DeWitt the soldier. Helen the activist. Robert the freedom-seeker. Ivy the immigrant. What did the Gilded Age mean to these, ...

A new exhibit is showcasing African heritage in Newport during the Gilded Age. The Rhode Island Black Heritage Society and the Preservation Society of Newport County bring you the "Gilded Age ...

While some may think of this as new, Americans have certainly experienced this pattern of volatile and close elections before. During the Gilded Age, five consecutive elections between 1876 and ...