dishonestly if we can; honestly if we must." — Mark Twain-1871 Andrew Carnegie, 1910. Library of Congress During the "Gilded Age," every man was a potential Andrew Carnegie, and Americans who ...

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

He came to this country in 1848 at the age of 13. He’d spent a couple ... Between 1883 and 1929, Andrew Carnegie funded the building of 2,509 "Carnegie Libraries" worldwide.

The Smithsonian Design Triennial at Cooper Hewitt features 25 bold projects that ask how we build, remember, and redefine ...

Here's a brief history of wealthy philanthropists: Wealthy individuals have been spending large sums on good causes for centuries, but it wasn't until the Gilded Age of the early 20th century that ...

Entrepreneurs such as Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller were successful during this era. The Rockefeller Company. It was the Gilded Age when many large industrial businesses and companies gained ...

With the United States entering an era of increasing wealth inequality — interspersed with calls for social change and societal upheaval — some experts are likening the 2020s to a second ...

Is the U.S. in a second Gilded Age? Many in the news media seem ... Rockefeller dominated oil. Andrew Carnegie dominated steel. J. P. Morgan dominated finance. We can see echoes here in the ...