... 1865) up until the turn of the century is known as "The Gilded Age". Poked fun of because of the rampant epidemic of corruption, Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner coined the term: "The Gilded Age," and began calling it that. This era, although it was probably one of ... dynamic change in various areas, including politics, business, labor unions, race relations, intellectual history, the role of women, foreign affairs, technology, etc" (Mark). The business world of large national corporations gave rise to what modern days business consist of today. National brand names, building of na...

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... romantic notion of American frontier life. "English novelists such as Joseph Conrad and D. H. Lawrence praised his work; American writers have been of differing opinions. Herman Melville admired Cooper's sea tales; Mark Twain questioned his knowledge of wilderness survival and ridiculed his handling of character and dialogue (Encarta.)" Although Cooper's writing ability may be perceived in modern standards as dubious. Cooper's talent found ... that James Fenimore Cooper's works had no literary value. It is because they did, his works are the among the enduring legacies of American roman...

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