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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789626303321

Autore

Bender Daniel E

Titolo

American abyss [[electronic resource] ] : savagery and civilization in the age of industry / / Daniel E. Bender

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-8014-7836-7

0-8014-5837-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (341 p.)

Disciplina

338.0973

Soggetti

Industries - Social aspects - United States - History

Eugenics - Social aspects - United States - History

Foreign workers - United States - History

Women - Employment - United States - History

Minorities - Employment - United States - History

United States Economic conditions 1865-1918

United States Social conditions 1865-1918

United States Civilization 1865-1918

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cavemen in the progressive era : from savagery to industry -- Mapping civilization : race, industry, and climate in the American empire -- The other colonies : immigration, race conquest, and the survival of the unfit -- Cave girls and working women : the white man's world of race suicide -- Exploring the abyss and segregating savagery : abroad at home in the immigrant colony -- Dredging the abyss : babies, boys, and civilization -- Of jukes and immigrants : eugenics and the problem of race betterment -- Following the monkey : blond beasts and the rising tide of color in war and revolution -- Failing of art and science : the abyss in a new era.