The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, published since 2000, is a top venue for scholarly exploration of U.S. history from 1865 to the 1920s. It examines a wide and diverse range of topics and welcomes original pieces utilizing new methodologies and novel sources. JGAPE publishes peer-reviewed research essays, historiographical essays, pedagogical pieces, round table discussions, photo essays, archival explorations, and substantial book review essays. Occasional special issues bring together leading scholars to draw attention to a specific topic or question. While submissions from all authors are welcome, works by emerging scholars are especially encouraged.

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Reconsidering the 1918–19 Influenza Pandemic in the Age of COVID-19
17 August 2020, JGAPE Editors
We think this roundtable is a great place to start thinking about the many approaches to teaching about the Spanish Flu pandemic in the midst of our own.

The Gilded Age Made a Return to the Gilded Age Impossible
08 June 2020, Monica Prasad
The Gilded Age itself, and the progressive policies it led to, have made capitalism bearable for most who live under it.

Bringing The ‘Ring’ Back In: The Politics of Booty Capitalism
03 June 2020, Jeffrey D. Broxmeyer
We live in an age of great political fortunes. It is hardly the first. During the 1860s and 1870s, party politics was an enticing way for the ambitious to get...

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