镀金时代 英文介绍

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1、TheGildedAge英语2班姜玉洁090141563TheGildedAge-ANovelNamedfortheTimeTheGildedAge:ATaleofTo-dayisanovelbyMarkTwainandCharlesDudleyWarnerin1873.MarkTwainandCharlesDudleyWarnergotthenameTheGildedAgefromShakespeare'sKingJohn(1595):"Togildrefinedgold,topaintthelily...iswastefulandridiculousexcess."TheGildedA

2、geThroughtherealisticmethod,thenovelsatirizesdarknessandpoliticalcorruptionatthattimeinAmerica.Afterwards,peopleusethegildedagetodescribetheAmericanhistoryfromtheendoftheCivilWartotheendofthe19thcentury.TheGildedAgeDuringtheGildedAge,theAmericanindustrydevelopedrapidly,convertingfromagriculturalcou

3、ntrytoindustrycountry.Itwasalsothetransitionperiodfromliberalcapitalismtomonopolycapitalism.Becauseofthesetwoimportanttransformation,Americanpolitics,economy,socialstructure,ideologyandcultureallchangedgreatly.AndlaidthefoundationforthemodernAmericain20thcentury.TheRapidDevelopmentoftheEconomyCause

4、:AftertheCivilWar,Americanpoliticswasrelativelystable,whichprovidedbeneficialpoliticalcondition.Developedagriculturewasthefoundationofthedevelopmentoftheeconomy.Expansivedomesticmarketpromotedthedevelopmentofeconomy.Thescienceandtechnologydevelopedquickly.Theimmigrationprovidedabundantcheaplabourto

5、theindustrialdevelopment.Theimprovementofthetrafficandtransportationisthebaseoftheeconomicdevelopment.TheRapidDevelopmentoftheEconomyFeatureindustrialization,mechanization,urbanization,corporatisationTheworkersatthattimehadvarylittlesalarieswhilethecapitalistclassenjoyedarichlife.Havingabigincomega

6、pbetweentherichandthepoor.ThePoliticsofTheGildedAgeTheGildedAgewasthedarkestandthemostcorruptperiodinthehistoryofAmerica.corruptadministrationManygovernmentofficialstookadvantageoftheirauthoritytoearnill-gottengains.corruptjudiciaryOfferingoracceptingbribeswasacommonatthattime.corruptlegislationMan

7、yridiculouslegislationwasonlyforsomepeople’sbenefit,especiallythecapitalistclassandgovernmentofficials.ImmigrationAmericaisacountrywhichconsistsofimmigrationinsomedegree.Therewasnoothercountrywhichattracted