The Rise of Multicultural America

“[A] fascinating study of the convergence of capitalist development and ethnic identity. . . . Highly recommended.” — CHOICE

“Takes the reader on a comprehensive journey through many of the major prose writings of the Gilded Age.” — H-Net

“This is a great book, well written and well thought through. Anyone interested in print culture should read it and use it as a model for further work on the role of print culture in shaping culture and multiculturalism.” — American Historical Review

“A comprehensive journey through many of the major prose writings of the Gilded Age” — H-Net

“Mizruchi’s sprawling narrative is impressive, well written, and well illustrated (her readings of photographs and advertisements are compelling, if daring) and, overall, a must-read for anyone interested in capitalist print culture at the turn of the last century.” — Journal of American History

“A compelling and informative study of American culture in the latter third of the nineteenth century.” — Yearbook of German-American Studies

“[Mizruchi’s] argument is deft and appealing and deserves to be taken very seriously. . . . Mizruchi has put her finger on a critical moment in American literary history and identifies a compelling confluence of themes that made the period so generative. . . . Stands to inspire new questions about the history of multicultural thinking in America.” — Studies in American Culture

“The impressive scope of Mizruchi’s volume will prove useful for those seeking a survey of the period’s multiplicity of texts and perspectives.” — Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era

“As a disciplinary achievement in English literary studies [Mizruchi’s] book admirably succeeds in this. . . . Could be a very useful text for upper-level literature courses surveying the period, for it gives a robust and lively context for the writing. Moreover, paralleling the customary lecture sequencing of such courses, the book’s eight thematic chapters unfold in a rough chronology.” — American Studies

“A remarkably comprehensive, meticulously researched, and lucidly written account of her subject.” — American Literary History