Introduction
The battle over income inequality became prevalent right before the Reconstruction era and was seen predominately between the American North and South. When the Civil War broke out, it was… Read more »
Category: Amalia Bilis
The Gilded Age and Progressive Era
How the Other Half Lives Jacob Riis was a Danish immigrant who combined photography and journalism to show poverty in different parts of America. In these images, Riis portrays the… Read more »
The Aftermath of The Great Depression
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? By 1932, unemployment reached a new high of 25% and the song Brother, can you spare a dime was composed for a 1931 Broadway musical titled New… Read more »
1970’s to 1980’s
An Unchanging Gap In 1972 families making more than $17,760, those who constitute the most affluent fifth of the economic hierarchy earned 41.4% of the nation’s aggregate income. Meanwhile, those… Read more »
Present Income Inequality
The Gap in Wealth in the U.S. Called Widest in West At the time in 1995, the United States had left egalitarian society and become an economically unconventional nation with… Read more »
Bibliography
Primary Sources: “America Becomes Less Equal.” New Republic 192 (February 18, 1985): 7–8. A New Economy. Directed by Julia Dyer. Produced by Julia Dyer. Dallas County Community College District, 2005. “An Unchanging… Read more »