American Country Houses of the Gilded Age

American Country Houses of the Gilded AgeThe "Gilded Age," the three decades following the Civil War, were years of astounding economic growth. Vast empires in oil, shipping, mining, banking, lumber, transportation, and related industries were formed. It was an era in which fortunes were made and lost quickly, almost easily; a period that encouraged nearly demanded the public display of this newly acquired wealth, power, and prestige. It was during these heady, turbulent years that a new

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the tunes range from spirituals and other songs of faith to chain-gang work chants and field hollers

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