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The Gilded Age is in the air! This beautifully designed, fully illustrated, insightful book by noted historian Alan Axelrod provides a vivid view of American life and thought during that era. The Gilded Age - the name coined by Mark Twain to refer to the period of rapid economic growth in America between the 1870s and 1900 - offers some intriguing parallels to our own time. Prolific historian Alan Axelrod tackles this subject in a fresh way, exploring "this intense era in all its dimensions. . . . This book will reveal it . . . as, truly, the overture of the 'American Century.'" He also looks at how it presaged our current era, which many are calling the "Second Gilded Age." Photographs, political cartoons, engravings, news clippings, and other ephemera help bring this fascinating period into focus.
About the Author
I am the author of some 150 books on leadership, management, careers, history, military history, corporate history, career, general business, and other nonfiction. After receiving my Ph.D. in English (specializing in early American literature and culture) from the University of Iowa in 1979, I taught early American literature and culture at Lake Forest College (Lake Forest, Illinois) and at Furman University (Greenville, South Carolina) . I was an editor and scholar with the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum (Winterthur, Delaware) , an institution specializing in the history and material culture of America prior to 1832. I was associate editor at Van Nostrand Reinhold (New York) , senior editor at Abbeville Press (New York) , and vice president of Zenda, Inc. (New York and Nashville) , a consulting firm to museums and cultural institutions. In 1994, I became director of development (senior acquisitions editor) for Turner Publishing, Inc. (Atlanta) , a subsidiary of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., and in 1997, I founded The Ian Samuel Group, Inc., a consulting, creative services, editing, and online content provider in Atlanta.I have been a creative consultant (and on-camera personality) for The Wild West television documentary series (Warner Bros., 1993) , Civil War Journal (A&E Network, 1994) , "The American Experience" series (PBS, 2016) , and The Discovery Channel, and he has appeared on MSNBC, CNN, CNNfn, CNBC, Fox Network affiliates in Philadelphia and Atlanta, and numerous radio news and talk programs, including National Public Radio. He and his work have been featured in BusinessWeek, Fortune, Men's Health, Cosmopolitan, Inc., Atlanta Business Chronicle, and many newspapers, including Atlanta Journal-Constitution and USA Today. Axelrod has served as consultant for the Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum (Rochester, New York) , the Airman Memorial Museum (Suitland, Maryland) , and the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum (Winterthur, Delaware) .
