The Story of the Gilded Age Wasn’t Wealth. It Was Corruption. Richard White, the historian and author of The Republic for Which It Stands , explains what made the late 19th century gilded.

"The Gilded Age is very much a time of, sort of a tale of two kinds of America. ... Wealth distribution in the U.S. shows that the top 10% of households hold 62% of the country's wealth, ...

"The Gilded Age is very much a time of, sort of a tale of two kinds of America. ... Wealth distribution in the U.S. shows that the top 10% of households hold 62% of the country's wealth, ...

The Gilded Age transports viewers into the glittering world of 1880s New York, but the characters aren't just made up.

It was, indeed, vast new wealth. By 1873, when Mark Twain coined the name “Gilded Age,” the foreshadowing of the rolling economic depressions that would characterize the next 60 years was on the ...

Black wealth in Gilded Age Newport The Northern Black experience contrasted sharply with what was happening in the South, Stokes noted. And that goes beyond issues dealing directly with slavery.

Black wealth in Gilded Age Newport. The Northern Black experience contrasted sharply with what was happening in the South, Stokes noted. And that goes beyond issues dealing directly with slavery.

I've toured eight Gilded Age mansions in Newport, Rhode Island, and the Hudson Valley, New York. The mansions feature incredible displays of wealth such as walls covered in gold and silver.

The Gilded Age begins just after and extends into the ... The great advantage of Progressivism is what it did in terms of distribution and equity. ... The Story of the Gilded Age Wasn’t Wealth.

White: By 1880, in the middle of the Gilded Age, if you lived to be 10 years old, you would die at 48, if you’re an American white male, and you would be 5 feet 5 inches tall.