Introduction
How the Rich Got Rich and the Poor Got Poor: Perspectives on Wealth Inequality from 1880-1950 The aim of this project is to demonstrate the various perspectives people held regarding… Read more »
Category: Adam Rogers
Visualizing Wealth and Poverty
Photographs and illustrations are helpful in visualizing what economic inequality looked like from 1880 to 1950. From these primary sources, we can see how people on both sides of the… Read more »
Perspectives on Wealth
The mentions of wealth among the following primary sources created from 1880 to 1950 demonstrate a number of perspectives on wealth inequality. Room at the Top: or, How to Reach… Read more »
Perspectives on Poverty
The following sources each contain a perspective on poverty in relation to wealth inequality in the United States between the years 1880 and 1950. How the Other Half Lives: Studies… Read more »
Bibliography
Primary Sources: Burgoyne, Arthur. Homestead: A Complete History of the Struggle of July 1892, between the Carnegie Steel Company, Limited, and the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers. Pittsburgh,… Read more »