Series Foreword, Chronology of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, Part I: The Gilded Age Introduction and Background: The Gilded Age, 1 A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur''s Court (Mark Twain, 1889), Synopsis of A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur''s Court , Historical Background: A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur''s Court in the Gilded Age, About Mark Twain, Why We Read A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur''s Court Today, Historical Explorations of A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur''s Court , Historical Exploration: The Gilded Age, The Middle Ages, Historical Exploration: Industrial Technology, Historical Exploration: Social Turmoil in Gilded Age America, Historical Exploration: Social Ills and Social Health in Gilded Age America, Documenting the Gilded Ages and the Middle Ages, Document: From The Bradley-Martin Ball, February 10, 1897 (reported in the New York Times ), Document: From W[illiam] J[ames] Ghent, Our Benevolent Feudalism, 1902, Document: From Terence Powderly, The Path I Trod, 1940, Document: From Carroll D. Wright, "In Mediaeval and Modern Industry," in The Battles of Labor, 1906, Document: From Henry Adams, "The Dynamo and the Virgin," in The Education of Henry Adams, 1900, Documenting Industrial Technology, Document: From William Dean Howells, "Characteristics of the International Fair," Atlantic Monthly, October 1876, Document: From Henry George, Progress and Poverty, 1879, Document: From Rex Beach, The Iron Trail, 1913, Document: From Frances Willard, "Telegraph and Telephone Girls," in Occupations for Women, 1897, Documenting Social Turmoil in Gilded Age America, Document: From Jacob Riis, "The Down Town Back-Alleys" and "The Problem of the Children," in How the Other Half Lives , 1890, Document: Griffith J. Griffith, "San Quentin As I Knew It," in Crime and Criminals , 1910, Document: From Ida B. Wells-Barnett, "Lynch Law in America," in The Arena , January 1900, Document: Richard Le Gallienne, The Illusion of War, in The Silk-Hat Soldier and Other Poems in War Time, 1915, Documenting Social Ills and Social Health in Gilded Age America, Document: From Edward Bellamy, Looking Backward--2000-1887 , 1888, Document: From Andrew Carnegie, The Gospel of Wealth , 1889, Document: From William Graham Sumner, "That It Is Not Wicked to Be Rich" and "Laissez Faire," in What Social Classes Owe Each Other , 1884, Document: From Henry George, "The Problem," in Progress and Poverty, 1879, Document: From Jack London, " What Life Means to Me ," in Cosmopolitan, 1905, Suggested Readings, 2 "The Yellow Wallpaper" (Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1892), Synopsis of "The Yellow Wallpaper," Historical Background: "The Yellow Wallpaper," About Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Why We Read "The Yellow Wallpaper" Today, Historical Explorations of "The Yellow Wallpaper," Historical Exploration: Women''s Health, Historical Exploration: "Interiors," Historical Exploration: Citizen Reformers in Gilded Age and Progressive America, Documenting Women''s Health, Document: From S. Weir Mitchell, Fat and Blood, 1877, Document: From George M. Beard, American Nervousness, 1881, Document: From Lydia E. Pinkham, Treatise on the Diseases of Women , 1901, Documenting "Interiors," Document: From M. E.

Kenney, "Decorative Fashions and Fancies," in Good Housekeeping, 1890, Document: From Edith Wharton and Ogden Codman, Jr., The Decoration of Houses , 1897, Document: From Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Home, 1903, Documenting Citizen Reformers in Gilded Age and Progressive America, Document: From Frances Willard, "Chances for Colored Girls," in Occupations for Women , 1897, Document: From Jane Addams, Democracy and Social Ethics, 1902, Document: Charlotte Perkins Gilman, "Why I Wrote The Yellow Wallpaper ," 1913, Document: From Crystal Eastman, "Birth Control in the Feminist Program," 1918, Suggested Readings, Part II: The Progressive Era Introduction and Background: The Progressive Era, 3 The Jungle (Upton Sinclair, 1906), Synopsis of The Jungle , Historical Background of The Jungle , About Upton Sinclair, Why We Read The Jungle Today, Historical Explorations of The Jungle , Historical Exploration: The Workplace and the Progressive Era, Historical Exploration: Immigrant Voices, Historical Exploration: Officials for a Better World, Documenting the Workplace, Document: From Frances Willard, "Occupations that Kill," in Occupations for Women , 1897, Document: From Jack London, Martin Eden , 1909, Document: From Jack London, "The Apostate," in Woman''s Home Companion , 1906, Document: From Mary Harris, "The March of the Mill Children," in The Autobiography of Mother Jones , 1925, Document: From Walter Rauschenbusch, "For Children Who Work," in For God and the People: Prayers of the Social Awakening , 1910, Documenting Immigrant Voices, Document: From Sui Sin Far, "Mrs. Spring Fragrance," 1910, Document: From Abraham Cahan, The Rise of David Levinsky , 1917, Document: From Walter Rauschenbusch, "For Immigrants," in For God and the People: Prayers of the Social Awakening, 1910, Documenting Officials for a Better World, Document: From Theodore Roosevelt, The Man with the Muck-Rake , 1906, Document: From John Dewey, The School and Society , 1915, Document: From Walter Rauschenbusch, "For Employers," in For God and the People: Prayers of the Social Awakening , 1910, Document: From Woodrow Wilson, The State: Elements of Historical and Practical Politics, 1907, Document: From Lincoln Steffens, "Introduction and Some Conclusions," The Shame of the Cities , 1904, Suggested Readings, 4 A Lost Lady (Willa Cather, 1924), Synopsis of A Lost Lady , Historical Background: A Lost Lady , About Willa Cather, Why We Read A Lost Lady Today, Historical Explorations of A Lost Lady , Historical Exploration: Property, Historical Exploration: Propriety, Historical Exploration: America the Beautiful, Documenting Property, Document: From Elizabeth Cady Stanton, "Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions," 1848, Document: From Hamlin Garland, "Under the Lion''s Paw," in Main-Traveled Roads , 1891, Document: From Anthony Trollope, The Way We Live Now , 1875, Documenting Propriety, Document: From M.E.W. Sherwood, Manners and Social Usages , 1887, Document: From Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex: The Evolution of Modesty, The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity, Auto-Erotism , 1899, Document: From Boy Scouts of America: The Official Handbook for Boys, 1911, Documenting America the Beautiful, Document: From Sarah Orne Jewett, "A White Heron," 1886, Document: From John Muir, "The Treasures of the Yosemite" and "Features of the Proposed Yosemite National Park," 1890, Document: From Theodore Roosevelt, "Wilderness Reserves," in American Big Game in Its Haunts, 1904, Suggested Readings, Index,.