The HBO series is peppered with references to real-life personages and historical events—but it lacks the anything-goes ...

Ever since the show premiered, many fans have been wondering when The Gilded Age is set. Well, the show is set in the early 1880s, with the first season taking place in 1882. This is in accordance ...

The Gilded Age transports viewers into the glittering world of 1880s New York, but the characters aren't just made up.

It’s worth noting that the Gilded Age was also notable for a strong nativist sentiment, with hatred toward immigrants with the Chinese Exclusion Act and violence directed at immigrants from ...

After the first season, director Michael Engler told Cynthia Nixon her character was going to be married in the second season ...

Similar to the Gilded Age, we're seeing unions battle big corporations, increasing concerns about wealth inequality and anxiety over immigration.

Allen Pietrobon, assistant professor of global affairs at Trinity Washington University, describes the Gilded Age as filled with anti-immigrant sentiment and the government’s inability to ...

The dawn of the Gilded Age was in large part a result of the Civil War, which accelerated America’s transformation from a country of small towns, shops and farms into an urban, industrial behemoth.

The Gilded Age, like the Trump Age ... accepted a call to a small immigrant Baptist congregation located in what was known as Hell’s Kitchen in New York City. He was shocked by what he encountered.