Major Problems in the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era: Documents and Essays (Major Problems in American History Series)

Fink, Leon

ISBN 10: 0618042555 / ISBN 13: 9780618042555

Published by Wadsworth Publishing, 2000

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Major Problems in the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era: Documents and Essays (Major Problems in American History Series)
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0618042555
• ISBN 13: 9780618042555
• Binding: paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Fair
• Weight: 28 ounces

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Synopsis

This text presents a carefully selected group of readings, on topics such as American capitalism and the Great War, that allow students to evaluate primary sources, test the interpretations of distinguished historians, and draw their own conclusions.

About the Author

Leon Fink, Ph.D., is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Illinois, Chicago. A specialist in American labor, immigration history, and the Gilded Age/Progressive Era, he directs the Ph.D. concentration in the History of Work, Race, and Gender in the Urban World (WRGUW) and edits the journal Labor: Studies in Working Class History of the Americas. Professor Fink is the author or editor of eight books, most recently SWEATSHOPS AT SEA: MERCHANT SEAMEN IN THE WORLD'S FIRST GLOBALIZED INDUSTRY, FROM 1812 TO 2000 (University of North Carolina Press, 2011), which seeks out the roots of today's "globalized" economic order. A Fulbright Senior Scholar and past NEH Fellow, Professor Fink has also taken a leading role in national history education circles, where he has stressed the necessary collaboration between the university and the public schools.