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

The Gilded Age that Donald Trump so badly wants to recreate might be a faint memory from American history class, so let’s ...

Rockefeller Sr. with family. Rockefeller Archives. The so-called Cleveland Massacre was the beginning of John D. Rockefeller's drive toward an oil monopoly ... the refining industry, he set ...

Is the U.S. in a second Gilded ... John D. Rockefeller dominated oil. Andrew Carnegie dominated steel. J. P. Morgan dominated finance. We can see echoes here in the titans of modern industry ...