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Nancy C Unger answers questions on the so-called Gilded Age in the United States of America, considering life in tenements of industrial cities, and the mansions of the elite <\/p>

By Elinor Evans\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Sunday, 10 December 2023 at 07:51 AM<\/p>

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How did the Gilded Ages get its name? What caused the explosion of industry at this time? Who were the great industrialists of the age, and what can their philanthropy tell us about the morals of the era? Speaking to Elinor Evans, Nancy C Unger answers listener questions on the so-called Gilded Age in the US, from the expansion of railroads and manufacturing that shaped the era and made millions for the industrial barons, to the \u2018dollar princesses\u2019 who married into British aristocracy.<\/p>\n

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