The Gilded Age: 1876-1912, overture to the American century

Introduction: All that glitters

People and things. Centennial ; The dynamo, the virgin, and the bridge ; Titans, Plutocrats, and philanthropists ; Science and industry ; The marketplace ; Statue and island ; Hard labor ; Gilded monuments ; American realism

Form and reform. Reconstruction ends ; A women's place ; The frontier closes ; Dirty politics ; The progressives ; White city.