Trump has embraced James K. Polk and William McKinley as avatars of his effort to return the United States to a bygone era, ...

Yes, the government allowed employers a free hand to do as they pleased. Tens of thousands of workers died on the job every ...

Richard White, the historian and author of "The Republic for Which It Stands," explains what made the late 19th century ...

Manisha Sinha spoke to Salon about Donald Trump's 19th-century vision and America's history of radical resistance ...

a period that covers—that’s right—the Gilded Age. Although the claim was factually lacking, it was politically prophetic. Trump has governed like a late-19th-century president, with his ...

Library of Congress The recent commentary, “What made America great in the Gilded Age,” by Mario ... and poor work conditions, late 19th and early 20th century workers fought, often quite ...