Main content
This episode will be available soon

The Gilded Age

Episode 4 of 8

Robert Hughes considers how the Civil War industrialised society, bringing steam power, the Brooklyn Bridge, plutocrats and an urban underclass. Nostalgia for loss entered the culture and brought the Museum Age.

58 minutes

Last on

Tue 29 Jan 200223:50
BBC Knowledge

More episodes

Previous

The Wilderness and the West

Next

The Wave from the Atlantic

See all episodes from American Visions

Broadcasts

  • Sun 24 Nov 199619:30
    BBC Two except East, South East & Yorkshire
  • Thu 9 Nov 200020:00
    BBC Knowledge
  • Tue 12 Jun 200121:00
    BBC Knowledge
  • Wed 13 Jun 200100:55
    BBC Knowledge
  • Thu 6 Sep 200109:00
    BBC Knowledge
  • Thu 6 Sep 200112:00
    BBC Knowledge
  • Thu 6 Sep 200115:00
    BBC Knowledge
  • Tue 29 Jan 200220:00
    BBC Knowledge
  • Tue 29 Jan 200223:50
    BBC Knowledge