HIST 378: America in the Gilded Age

"Looking Backward: 2000-1887" by Edward Bellamy is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story follows Julian West, a wealthy man from the 19th century, who unexpectedly falls into a deep sleep and awakens in the year 2000, where he discovers a transformed society organized around principles of equality and cooperation, devoid of the class struggles that characterized his original time.

Linn provides a treatment of military operations in the Philippines. From the pitched battles of the early war to the final campaigns against guerrillas, Linn traces the entire course of the conflict. More than an overview of Filipino resistance and American pacification, this is a detailed study of the fighting in the "boondocks."

The Jungle, a novel by American journalist Upton Sinclair (1878-1968), was written in 1906 to portray the harsh conditions and exploited lives of immigrants living in Chicago and similar industrialized cities in the United States.