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#Richard Hofstader, ''[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0394700953/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0394700953&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=AVH6X5SXHXAV7KCA The Age of Reform]'' (Vintage Books, 1955)
 
#Richard Hofstader, ''[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0394700953/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0394700953&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=AVH6X5SXHXAV7KCA The Age of Reform]'' (Vintage Books, 1955)
#Nell Painter, ''[http://www.powells.com/book/standing-at-armageddon-the-united-states-1877-1919-9780393305883?partnerid=41307&p_bt Standing at Armageddon: The United States, 1877-1919]'' (W.W. Norton & Company, 1989)
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#Nell Painter, ''[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393024059/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0393024059&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=Y37274JA6D3R4Q2J Standing at Armageddon: The United States, 1877-1919]'' (W.W. Norton & Company, 1989)
#Charles Postel, ''[http://www.powells.com/book/populist-vision-9780195384710?partnerid=41307&p_ti The Populist Vision]'' (Oxford University Press)
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#Charles Postel, ''[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0195384717/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0195384717&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=UHEUDVTP3QHKEU7E The Populist Vision]'' (Oxford University Press)
#Michael McGerr, ''[http://www.powells.com/book/fierce-discontent-the-rise-fall-of-the-progressive-movement-in-america-1870-1920-9780195183658?partnerid=41307&p_ti A Fierce Discontent: The Rise and Fall of the Progressive Movement in America, 1870-1920]'' (Oxford University Press, 2005)
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#Michael McGerr, ''[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0195183657/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0195183657&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=EYLEHBBYOFZZANVG A Fierce Discontent: The Rise and Fall of the Progressive Movement in America, 1870-1920]'' (Oxford University Press, 2005)
#W. H. Brands, ''[http://www.powells.com/book/american-colossus-the-triumph-of-capitalism-1865-1900-9780307386779?partnerid=41307&p_ti American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900]'' (Random House, 2010)
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#W. H. Brands, ''[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307386775/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0307386775&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=PAB2ZVB6OJGNZRSX American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900]'' (Random House, 2010)
#Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore, ''[http://www.powells.com/book/gender-jim-crow-women-the-politics-of-white-supremacy-in-north-carolina-1896-1920-9780807845967?partnerid=41307&p_ti Gender and Jim Crow : Women and the Politics of White Supremacy in North Carolina, 1896-1920]'' (UNC Press, 1996)
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#Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore, ''[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307386775/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0307386775&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=PAB2ZVB6OJGNZRSX Gender and Jim Crow : Women and the Politics of White Supremacy in North Carolina, 1896-1920]'' (UNC Press, 1996)
#Edward L. Ayers, ''[http://www.powells.com/book/promise-of-the-new-south-life-after-reconstruction-9780195326888?partnerid=41307&p_ti The Promise of the New South: Life After Reconstruction]'' (Oxford University Press, 2007 - 15th Anniversary edition)
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#Edward L. Ayers, ''[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307386775/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0307386775&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=PAB2ZVB6OJGNZRSX The Promise of the New South: Life After Reconstruction]'' (Oxford University Press, 2007 - 15th Anniversary edition)
#Louis Menand, ''[http://www.powells.com/book/metaphysical-club-a-story-of-ideas-in-america-9780374528492?partnerid=41307&p_cv The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America]'' (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2002)
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#Louis Menand, ''[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307386775/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0307386775&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=PAB2ZVB6OJGNZRSX The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America]'' (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2002)
#Daniel T. Rodgers, ''[http://www.powells.com/book/atlantic-crossings-social-politics-in-a-progressive-age-9780674002012?partnerid=41307&p_ti Atlantic Crossings: Social Politics in a Progressive Age]'' (Belknap Press, 2000 )
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#Daniel T. Rodgers, ''[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307386775/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0307386775&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=PAB2ZVB6OJGNZRSX Atlantic Crossings: Social Politics in a Progressive Age]'' (Belknap Press, 2000 )
#Robert H. Wiebe, ''[http://www.powells.com/book/search-for-order-1877-1920-9780809001040?partnerid=41307&p_ti The Search for Order, 1877-1920]'' (Hill and Wang, 1966)
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#Robert H. Wiebe, ''[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307386775/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0307386775&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=PAB2ZVB6OJGNZRSX The Search for Order, 1877-1920]'' (Hill and Wang, 1966)
  
 
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Creating a Top Ten List for the Gilded Age/Progressive Era is challenging. There are an extraordinary number of outstanding books on this period. These books are a selection of our favorites. Most of these books are focused on trying to define this era as whole, instead of focusing on a single issue. In other words, several of these books are seeking to create a grand narrative of the era to help their readers understand it.

American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900 by H.W. Brands

Admittedly, the border between the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era is somewhat murky. There are not any of the easy starting and stopping points that can be pointed to for defining eras such as Colonial America, the American Civil War, Reconstruction or the Cold War. Arguably, even the term Gilded Age is somewhat archaic and perhaps the era should be renamed. In a way, this listed is focused on the last thirty years of the Nineteenth Century and the implications of those decades on the start of the Twentieth Century. Many people have pointed to similarity of the issues between the Gilded Age/Progressive Era and our present America (technology, income inequality, immigration, expansion of government, big business, extreme wealth, etc.)

As with all of our booklists, if you disagree with this expert booklist you can create a new and better one.

  1. Richard Hofstader, The Age of Reform (Vintage Books, 1955)
  2. Nell Painter, Standing at Armageddon: The United States, 1877-1919 (W.W. Norton & Company, 1989)
  3. Charles Postel, The Populist Vision (Oxford University Press)
  4. Michael McGerr, A Fierce Discontent: The Rise and Fall of the Progressive Movement in America, 1870-1920 (Oxford University Press, 2005)
  5. W. H. Brands, American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900 (Random House, 2010)
  6. Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore, Gender and Jim Crow : Women and the Politics of White Supremacy in North Carolina, 1896-1920 (UNC Press, 1996)
  7. Edward L. Ayers, The Promise of the New South: Life After Reconstruction (Oxford University Press, 2007 - 15th Anniversary edition)
  8. Louis Menand, The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2002)
  9. Daniel T. Rodgers, Atlantic Crossings: Social Politics in a Progressive Age (Belknap Press, 2000 )
  10. Robert H. Wiebe, The Search for Order, 1877-1920 (Hill and Wang, 1966)