Gilded Age

American  

noun

1. the period in the U.S. c1870–98, characterized by a greatly expanding economy and the emergence of plutocratic influences in government and society.

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Gilded Age

He puts Caravaggio, for example, in the “cultural changes” bin, but the painter’s reappraisal was driven by personal advocacy by, among others, the Gilded Age art advisor Bernard Berenson.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Not until early in the next century did Congress take on the depredations of Gilded Age plutocrats.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

That conceit ended up an unsubtle but no less effective metaphor for our new Gilded Age.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026

Texas churches also spoke out against inequality during the Gilded Age — a late 19th-century period of rapid industrial growth that produced extreme wealth inequality, Locke said.

From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026

Not accidentally, these novels coincided with America’s Gilded Age, the era of overnight fortunes and conspicuous spending that followed in the wake of the Civil War.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

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