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The Gilded Age

20181h 53m

In the closing decades of the nineteenth century, American wealth and population boomed, and two classes rose at once with a gulf between them that the country had not seen before. This American Experience film looks at the elites of the Gilded Age and at the workers who began to challenge them.

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Hosted on YouTube by American Experience PBS

Watch on YouTube Last checked 13 Nov 2026