Encyclopedia of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era

Select an Action

Title:

Encyclopedia of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era

Author:

Buenker, John D.

ISBN:

9780765680518

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

3 volumes (xxxii, 1256 pages) : illustrations ; 29 cm

Abstract:

Primary source.

Contents:

Gilded age and progressive era, 1877-1919 -- Technology -- The economy -- Urbanization -- Immigration and ethnicity -- Women and gender relations -- Labor -- African-Americans -- American Indians -- Politics -- Government -- Foreign and international relations I -- Foreign and international relations II -- Leisure and popular culture -- Art and architecture -- Music -- Literature -- Children and youth -- Religion.

Added Author:

Buenker, John D.

Buenker, Joseph, 1971-

Available:*

Library	Material Type	Call Number	Status	Item Holds
Searching... Sugar Grove - Todd Library	Reference Book	E661 .E53 2005 V. 1	Searching... Unknown	Searching... Unavailable
Searching... Sugar Grove - Todd Library	Reference Book	E661 .E53 2005 V. 2	Searching... Unknown	Searching... Unavailable
Searching... Sugar Grove - Todd Library	Reference Book	E661 .E53 2005 V. 3	Searching... Unknown	Searching... Unavailable

Bound With These Titles

On Order

Summary

Spanning the era from the end of Reconstruction (1877) to 1920, the entries of this reference were chosen with attention to the people, events, inventions, political developments, organizations, and other forces that led to significant changes in the U.S. in that era. Seventeen initial stand-alone essays describe many themes, including technology

Reviews (4)

School Library Journal Review

Gr 9 Up-The focus of this three-part resource is U.S. history from the end of Reconstruction (1877) to the return to normalcy (1920). The introduction provides readers with a conceptual framework along with 17 thematic essays analyzing aspects of the period from technology and urbanization to popular culture and minorities. Specific subjects, including individuals, legislation, events, movements, ideas, peoples, policies, and labor, are addressed in the nearly 900 concise, alphabetical entries in the second section. They range in length from several paragraphs to a page or two and conclude with a short bibliography and valuable see also references. The volumes contain 50 sidebars and numerous black-and-white photographs and reproductions. Part three presents a number of period documents including treaties, acts of Congress, court decisions, and political statements. Highlights of this set are the excellent organization and the access aids: a table of contents, list of sidebars, document finder, chronology, and biographical index. Students conducting more in-depth research can utilize the extensive bibliography.-Patricia Ann Owens, Wabash Valley College, Mt. Carmel, IL (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.

Booklist Review

Here is an encyclopedia that accomplishes the rare feat of being focused, comprehensive, articulate, and accessible. Covering the years 1877-1920, it includes 17 thematic essays that successfully integrate major political, social, and cultural trends. These are followed by almost 900 alphabetical entries, written by more than 200 contributors in a style refreshingly free of academic jargon. The editors provide generous finding aids such as cross-references and general and biographical indexes. A master bibliography located at the back of the third volume integrates all entry bibliographies into an impressive, and perhaps unparalleled, knowledge base. Though useful for ready reference, this encyclopedia's greatest benefit is derived through in-depth exploration. The thematic essays in the first volume are excellent introductions but could also serve as crucial review material for preliminary examinations at the doctoral level. Essay titles such as "Technology and Systematization," "Urbanization," "Women and Gender," "Labor and Industrial Relations," and "Government" indicate major emphases of the encyclopedia, but it also covers popular culture, mass entertainment, literature, religion, and other topics. Of particular significance is the treatment of the historic influences of African Americans, Native Americans, and European immigration. The thematic essays average 3,000-5,000 words, and the alphabetical entries run roughly 500-1,000 words. The reader will find 35 informative sidebars in shaded boxes beside their companion entries. The sidebars, covering topics such as the bungalow-style house and the Brownie camera, enhance the reading experience and provide vivid details of a bygone era. The third volume features 137 pages of documents including treaties, political statements, constitutional amendments, and court decisions. A thorough chronology and meticulous indexing complement this superior work. Naturally, the focus of this work is almost exclusively on the northeastern and midwestern states. Except for extensive coverage of American race relations, southern progressivism is limited to entries on The New South, Sharecropping,0 and prominent politicians. Essential for all academic libraries, and highly recommended for large public libraries. --Michael Matthews Copyright 2005 Booklist

Choice Review

Covering the period in American history from 1877 through 1920, this is truly "the first reference work to treat those forty-plus years as a single historical epoch in which the organizing theme is the emergence of the United States as a modern, urban, industrial, multiethnic world power." While succeeding in doing that, it does not slight the agricultural and more traditional aspects then still influential in American society. This father-and-son editorial team of professional historians enlisted the help of 210 contributing authors, both academicians and independent scholars. They in turn produced nearly 900 alphabetically arranged entries on people, places, organizations, and events, supplemented by 17 thematic essays. The diversity in writers, all possessing an analytical rigor, lends a lively difference in presentation. Less than full-page, shaded sidebars focusing on discrete stories such as creative toys, the saga of Joe Hill, and the Gibson Girl are especially inviting to younger readers and quite appropriate for a work that endeavors to emphasize social and popular cultural history over governmental and political themes. Researchers seeking primary source documentation are offered material such as the party platforms of third parties and significant court decisions. Photographs and drawings displayed on nearly every other page pleasantly break up the text. Brief bibliographical and see also references follow each segment, and a more comprehensive bibliography of printed works concludes this work. The general and biographical indexes are reproduced at the end of each volume for easy access to the entries. Even in a work comprising more than 1,250 pages, some things will inevitably be left out. Nevertheless, with its pleasing, easy-to-read type, this encyclopedia is an indispensable reference source for all historical collections. Acquisitions librarians can be assured that readers of many different ages and educational levels will use it. ^BSumming Up: Essential. Lower-level undergraduates and above; general readers. F. J. Augustyn Jr. Library of Congress

Library Journal Review

Editors John D. Buenker (history, emeritus, Univ. of Wisconsin, Parkside; Historical Dictionary of the Progressive Era) and son Joseph (assistant librarian, Arizona State Univ. Lib.) compiled this three-volume encyclopedia, which boasts the contributions of more than 200 scholars of the titular period, defined here as ranging from the end of Reconstruction (1877) to the "return to normalcy" (1920). Seventeen thematic essays (e.g., "Technology and Systematization," "The Economy"), each approximately 3000 words long, analyze the socioeconomic, cultural, religious, and political events that influenced the time and provide an excellent foundation for the 900-plus A-to-Z entries that follow. These entries include not only people but also a wide range of topics, from the Abbott sisters (Edith and Grace) to Zionism. Every essay and entry is followed by a brief bibliography. In addition, there are nearly 50 sidebars and more than 200 photographs and other graphics that add a cultural or human-interest aspect. Volume 3 contains 100 primary-source documents, a year-by-year chronology, and additional bibliographic references. Bottom Line This reference tool provides an excellent overview of the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era and will allow high school students, undergraduates, and the general public to learn more about this exciting period of American history. It would make an excellent addition to high school media centers as well as to undergraduate and public libraries.-Diane Fulkerson, Univ. of West Georgia Lib., Carrollton (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.