Powerful labor unions began to form in response to stifling working conditions and child labor. Analyzing the political and economic history of the original “Gilded Age” gives us some examples to ...

To fund the Union war effort ... allies were right to worry about a populist backlash. The Gilded Age was marked by intense labor unrest, as rapid industrialization led to dangerous working ...

In President Donald Trump's idealized framing, the United States was at its zenith in the 1890s, when top hats and ...

the rise of labor in the United States,” said White, author of “The Republic for Which it Stands: The United States during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896.” “And the reason ...

the rise of labor in the United States,” said White, author of “The Republic for Which it Stands: The United States during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896.” “And the reason ...

employers who hired mercenary armies to fight unions; the violent repression of labor agitators; Gilded Age plutocrats as brazen as Elon Musk in purchasing political power. The list goes on.