Well to answer this question you first have to know what gilded means. Gilded means that something looks like gold but underneath it is really metal. Mark Twain thought that this was a lot like the time period. People were fascinated with the wealth, progress, adventure, and reform of this time. They were so wrapped up in it that they ignored the poverty and the corruption going on around them.
Twain and Warner called the time period "The Gilded Age" to highlight the superficial prosperity and wealth that masked deep social problems and inequalities beneath the surface. The term "gilded" refers to something being overlaid with a thin layer of gold, implying that the era appeared shiny and prosperous on the outside but was actually plagued by corruption and social issues underneath.
A "Golden Age" is a period when every thing is good from surface to core. A "Gilded Age" looks like gold on the surface but is base metal underneath. Twain felt this era, with its fascination with wealth, power and adventure, ignored the presense of poverty and corruption.
The things he had trouble with were potentially:
Gilded Age was the period that was roughly followed from the 1870s. The term gilded age was coined by the writers by the names of Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner.
Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner.
Gilded Age was written by Mark Twain and also Charles Dudley Warner. The book was written in 1873. The book was released in hardback.
The era was called the gilded age.
"The Gilded Age" was written by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner, and published in 1873. The novel satirizes political corruption and social issues in post-Civil War America.
Mark Twain described the period of the late 1800s in America as a Gilded Age because of the superficiality and corruption of the era.
1873 The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today - co-authored with Charles Dudley Warner
Charles Dudley Warner, a writer and editor, collaborated with Mark Twain on "The Gilded Age." The two authors worked together to develop and write the novel, which satirizes American political and social issues of the time.
The term is credited to a social satire by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner (1873).
The term "Gilded Age" was coined by author Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner in their book "The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today" published in 1873. It refers to the period in American history from the 1870s to the early 1900s characterized by rapid industrialization, wealth accumulation, and social issues masked by a thin layer of prosperity and progress.
Mark Twain
It was called "The Gilded Age" from Mark Twain's and Charles Warner's book, The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today. Gilded means covered with gold, but cheaper material on the inside. The time period looked good, but was filled with corruption and poverty.