Historical Dictionary of the Gilded Age
- ISBN-10
- 0765621061
- ISBN-13
- 9780765621061
- Category
- Electronic reference sources
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- M.E. Sharpe
- Authors
- James Gilbert Ryan, Leonard C. Schlup
Description
Covers all the people, events, movements, subjects, court cases, inventions, and more that defined the Gilded Age.
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