The Gilded Age by Joel Shrock
This latest addition to Greenwood's American Popular Culture Through History series is an invaluable contribution to the study of American popular culture. American Popular Culture Through History is the only reference series that presents a detailed, narrative discussion of U.S. popular culture.
"While learning about government, great leaders, and war is obviously crucial to the study of history, learning about the everyday life of the regular man and woman is just as important in gaining a holistic view of the pastGreenwood excels at looking at history this way. . . . [E]asy to read and informative. . . . [R]ecommended for high-school, undergraduatem and public libraries. Could just as well be placed in the circulating collection as in reference." - Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
Joel Shrock earned his PhD from Miami University and is currently an instructor of history at the Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humanities. He has authored an article on race and rape in silent film and co-authored another on student protest of the Vietnam War, which appears in the Greenwood Press volume of essays The Vietnam War on Campus: Other Voices, More Distant Drums. He is currently completing a manuscript on popular children's literature in the Gilded Age.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780313322044 |
| ISBN 10 | 031332204X |
| Title | The Gilded Age |
| Author | Joel Shrock |
| Series | American Popular Culture Through History |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Year published | 2004-06-30 |
| Number of pages | 344 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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