Compare And Contrast Zinn And Eric Foner
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Howard Zinn and Eric Foner have somewhat different interpretations from each other about the Gilded Age. Eric Foner talks more about what happened to the industrial revolution and social problems. Howard Zinn talks more about the economy.
In Eric Foners take on the gilded age he talks about how the industrial revolution was booming from the new jobs created, manufactured goods, and natural resources. The expansion of factory expansion, mining and railroad construction boosted the industrial economy. The jobs that most workers had were iron, steel, machinery, chemicals and packaged food factories. By opening up the railroad it created commercial farming and a market for manufactured goods. The social problems were political problems and economic