White, Richard

Looks at the history of the United States during the Reconstruction and the Gilded Age.

Traces the evolution of the King Arthur legend over the course of more than five hundred years through a selection of medieval Arthurian literature and history, drawn from Latin, English, Welsh, French, and German sources; and includes a chronology of texts, maps, and other reference materials.

An exploration of industrialization in America during the Gilded Age, focusing on the transcontinental railroads and contending its development resulted in corruption, opposition, and antimonopoly politics, and comparing its economic influence to the economic downturn of the early twenty-first century.