1870 to 1914: Second Industrial Revolution
1890: The Battle of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, occurs in the last major battle between United States troops and Indians.
1892: telephone service / "Yellow wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
1893: financial panic
1895: Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage: an episode of the American Civil War
1896: Plessy V. Ferguson
1898: Spanish-American War
1899: Kate Chopin's novel The Awakening / Maple leaf Rag by Scott Joplin
1900: L. Frank Baum published The Wizard of Oz
1902: "To Build a Fire" by Jack London
1903: Jack London's The Call of the Wild
1910: Jack London's Burning Daylight
Realism and Naturalism in 19th-Century American Literature by Chapter three: Naturalism (1890 - 1914)
Naturalism was a literary movement advanced in the aspects of realism in that they believed that social conditions, heredity, and the individual's environment had an impact on shaping human character. Naturalistic writers were often influenced by the evolution theory of Charles Darwin.
"Naturalism in American Literature"
Edith Wharton Society
Provides biographical and chronological information and links to full text, novels, stories and poetry.
Kate Chopin: A Re-Awakening provides information on Chopin's life and her works. The site includes links to full-texts of her works as well as links to criticism and primary sources.
The Kate Chopin International Society
