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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825255003321

Autore

Bender Daniel E

Titolo

American abyss : 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

Edizione

[1st ed.]

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.

Sommario/riassunto

At the beginning of the twentieth century, industrialization both dramatically altered everyday experiences and shaped debates about the effects of immigration, empire, and urbanization. In American Abyss, Daniel E. Bender examines an array of.