1976 G.P. Putnam hardcover, John D. Bergamini (The Spanish The history of a tenacious dynasty). This is American History the way it actually WAS in 1876! Ths Gilded Age of America. The USA had survived its Civil War and in 1876 it was expanding westward, thanks to the Industrial Revolution and railroads. However, during this Hundredth Year, often business and political ethics were not exemplary. America's politicians continued to have an expansionist national agenda ,,. and there was the continuing American Indian "problem." - Amazon Customer