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- What might be some differences between Mark Twain's "Gilded Age" and our own

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alex41 [277]3 years ago

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Holy moly I didn’t know that

Ganezh [65]3 years ago

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mark Twain called the late 19th century the "Gilded Age." By this, he meant that the period was glittering on the surface but corrupt underneath. ... It is easy to caricature the Gilded Age as an era of corruption, conspicuous consumption, and unfettered capitalism.

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