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

For most of my life, I’ve been interested in matters of scale — the extremes, from the unknowable vastness of our universe to ...

The original Gilded Age is associated with the rise of powerful industrialists like Andrew Carnegie and John D ... Following the Civil War, a Republican Congress enacted the Pacific Railroad Act, ...

Cornelius Vanderbilt amassed a breathtaking fortune through shipping and railroads, while steel magnate Andrew Carnegie was also a dedicated ... That resulted in railroad bankruptcies, a stock market ...

Cornelius Vanderbilt amassed a breathtaking fortune through shipping and railroads, while steel magnate Andrew Carnegie was also a dedicated ... That resulted in railroad bankruptcies, a stock market ...

Cornelius Vanderbilt amassed a breathtaking fortune through shipping and railroads, while steel magnate Andrew Carnegie was also ... That resulted in railroad bankruptcies, a stock market crash ...

Cornelius Vanderbilt amassed a breathtaking fortune through shipping and railroads, while steel magnate Andrew Carnegie was also ... That resulted in railroad bankruptcies, a stock market crash ...

Cornelius Vanderbilt amassed a breathtaking fortune through shipping and railroads, while steel magnate Andrew Carnegie was also ... That resulted in railroad bankruptcies, a stock market crash ...