Discussion Post: History
Read the following articles from the Topic 5 Readings:
"The Banality of Gilding: Innocuous Materiality and Transatlantic Consumption in the Gilded Age," "Thorstein Veblen: Conspicuous Consumption, 1902," and "America's Gilded Age" and then answer the discussion question that follows:
During the Victorian Age, the upper class became very wealthy in part by exploiting the lower classes. For America to become a great and wealthy nation, was the exuberance and disparity of the Victorian age justified? Explain why. (100 words)
The response should include a reference list. Using double-space, Times New Roman 12 pnt font, one-inch margins, and APA style of writing and citations.