Who were becoming wealthy during the Gilded Age? As so-called robber barons and captains of industry, the wealthy elite of the late 19th century comprised industrialists who made their fortunes by ...

Plenty of people are wealthy at least in part ... to be the greatest in the world during most of the 19th century, but that ...

The authors are especially interested in a subgroup, the wealthy elite, with only 6,000 members—0.01% of the British ...

In 18th- and early 19th-century America, openly stating that you were running for office appeared ambitious — an unseemly trait. Wealthy, well-connected candidates ... elections increasingly were ...

The early 19th-century cemeteries were discovered early ... “There’s evidence they were burying people in coffins at the potter’s field, which you don’t always find,” she added.

The “richest town” can look quite different from state to state, with some being far wealthier than others. For instance, the ...

Would-be American tourists were looking farther afield, too, thanks in part to the writings of Mark Twain, whose popular and ...

The “richest town” can look quite different from state to state, with some being far wealthier than others. For instance, the ...

This rule can be traced back to the late 19th century and the old money elite trying to “elevate themselves above” the newly wealthy. Another possibility behind this rule is that people ...

ranging from 19th-century artists to the avant-garde to contemporaries, offering a rich and varied decorative selection. For this sale, any requests for condition reports will be answered starting ...

A new textile section within New Delhi’s Crafts Museum stitches together folk craft marked by modern influences of business, ...