The Rise of Realism: 1860-1914

By Wendicita

  • There were less than 100 millionaires.

  • Most Americans lived on farms or in villages.

  • Period: to

    Over 23 million foreigners flowed into the United States.

  • Period: to

    The United States was transformed from a small, young, agricultural ex-colony to a huge, modern, industrial nation.

  • The Transcontinental Telegraph began operating.

  • Period: to

    The U.S. Civil War

  • "The Pearl of Orr´s Island" by Harriet Beecher Stowe was published.

  • The New Intercontinental Railsystem was inagurated.

  • There were more than 1,000 millionaires.

  • "Transatlantic Sketches" by Henry James

  • "The American" by Henry James

  • "Daisy Miller" by Henry James

  • "The Grandissimes" by George Washington Cable was published.

  • "The Portrait of a Lady" by Henry James

  • "A Modern Instance" by William Dean Howells

  • "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain was published.

  • "The Rise of Silas Lapham" by William Dean Howells

  • "The Princess Casamassima" by Henry James

  • "The Bostonians" by Henry James

  • "A Hazard of New Fortunes" by William Dean Howells

  • "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins was published.

  • "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets" by Stephen Crane

  • "Guy Domville" by Henry James

  • "The Red Badge of Courage" by Stephen Crane

  • "The White Heron" by Sarah Orne Jewett was published.

  • "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin was published.

  • "The Conjure Woman" by Charles Waddell Chesnutt

  • "The Son of the Wolf" by Jack London

  • "The Octopus" by Frank Norris

  • "The Wings of the Dove" by Henry James

  • "The Ambassadores" by Henry James

  • "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London

  • "The Golden Bowl" by Henry James

  • "The Sea-Wolf" by Jack London

  • "The House of Mirth" by Edith Wharton

  • "Martin Eden" by Jack London

  • "Ethan Frome" by Edith Wharton

  • "Virginia" by Ellen Glasgow

  • The Custome of the Coutry" by Edith Wharton

  • "Spoon River Anthology" by Edgar Lee Masters

  • "Summer" by Edith Wharton

  • Half of the population was concentrated in about 12 cities.

  • "The Age of Innocence" by Edith Wharton

  • "An American Tragedy" by Theodore Dreiser