HIS 247 - The Gilded Age In America, 1877-1900

Department: History

Description: Industrialization and responses to industrialism in America; special attention given to business and political leaders, farmers, African-Americans, and writers.

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisites: Prerequisite: HIS 136

Current Offerings

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Fall 2025

001 - Lecture (In Person): M W 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM , Alan Lessoff 3.00 hour(s)

Dates: 08/18/2025 - 12/06/2025

Location: Schroeder Hall 115 (SCH 115)

Instructor: Alan Lessoff

Book Title

ISBN

Author

Edition

Publisher

MSRP

Notes

The Gilded Age: A History in Documents (Required)

ISBN9780195166385

AuthorGreenwood

Edition

PublisherOxford University Press

MSRP $37.10

1898: THE BIRTH OF THE AMERICAN CENTURY (Required)

ISBN9780679776710

AuthorTRAXEL

Edition

PublisherVINTAGE

MSRP $17.00

Urban Disorder and the Shape of Belief (Required)

ISBN9780226764245

AuthorSmith

EditionSecond

PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press

MSRP $33.30

PLESSY VS. FERGUSON (Required)

ISBN9780312137434

AuthorTHOMAS

Edition

PublisherBEDFOR/ST. MARTIN'S

MSRP $18.49

THE GILDED AGE (Required)

ISBN9780742550384

AuthorCALHOUN

EditionSECOND

PublisherROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD

MSRP $36.27

New Spirits: Americans in the Gilded Age (Required)

ISBN9780190217174

AuthorEdwards

EditionThird

PublisherOxford University Press

MSRP $25.99