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UNINA9911119823103321 |
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Zeidel Robert F. |
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Robber barons and wretched refuse : ethnic and class dynamics during the era of American industrialization / / Robert F. Zeidel |
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Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , [2020] |
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©2020 |
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Industrial relations - United States - History |
Working class - United States - History |
Industrialization - Social aspects - United States - History |
Foreign workers - United States - History |
United States Ethnic relations History |
United States Emigration and immigration History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Capitalists and Immigrants in Historical Perspective, 1865–1924 -- 1. Harmonic Dissidence: Immigrants and the Onset of Industrial Strife -- 2. No Danger among Them: Asian Immigrants as Industrial Workers -- 3. Alien Anarchism: Immigrants and Industrial Unrest in the 1880s -- 4. Confronting the Barons: Immigrant Workers and Individual Moguls -- 5. Into the New Century: Economic Expansion and Continued Discord -- 6. Turmoil Amid Reform: Immigrant Worker Protest and Progressivism -- 7. Effects of War: Immigrant Labor Dynamics during the Great War -- 8. Addressing the Reds: Immigrants and the Postwar Great Scare of 1919–1921 -- 9. Restricting the Hordes: Implementation of Immigrant Quotas -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Robber Barons and Wretched Refuse explores the connection between the so-called robber barons who led American big businesses during the Gilded Age and Progressive Era and the immigrants who comprised many of their workforces. As Robert F. Zeidel argues, attribution of |
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industrial-era class conflict to an "alien" presence supplements nativism—a sociocultural negativity towards foreign-born residents—as a reason for Americans' dislike and distrust of immigrants. And in the era of American industrialization, employers both relied on imigrants to meet their growing labor needs and blamed them for the frequently violent workplace contention of the time. Through a sweeping narrative of the time, Zeidel uncovers the connection of immigrants to radical "isms" that gave rise to widespread notions of alien subversives whose presence threatened America's domestic tranquility and the well-being of its residents. Employers, rather than looking at their own practices for causes of workplace conflict, wontedly attributed strikes and other unrest to aliens who either spread pernicious "foreign" doctrines or fell victim to their siren messages. These characterizations transcended nationality or ethnic group, applying at different times to all foreign-born workers. Zeidel concludes that, ironically, stigmatizing immigrants as subversives contributed to the passage of the Quota Acts, which effectively stemmed the flow of wanted foreign workers. Post-war employers argued for preserving America's traditional open door, but the negativity which they had assigned to foreign workers contributed to its closing. |
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UNINA9911152432703321 |
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Davis Richard A., Jr., <1937-> |
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Beaches of the Gulf Coast / / Richard A. Davis Jr |
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College Station : , : Texas A&M University Press, , [2014] |
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©2014 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (324 p.) |
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Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies series |
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Coasts - Mexico, Gulf of |
Coastal zone management - Gulf Coast (U.S.) |
Coastal ecology - Gulf Coast (U.S.) |
Coast changes - Gulf Coast (U.S.) |
Beaches - Gulf Coast (U.S.) |
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Gulf Coast (U.S.) |
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"Sponsored by the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Part I. General Characteristics and Dynamics of Beaches. Coastal processes -- Beach geomorphology and barrier island morphodynamics -- Beach materials, structures, and sources -- Human impact on Gulf beaches ; Common animals and plants of the Gulf beaches and surf zone -- Part II. Beaches along the Gulf of Mexico Coast. Beaches of Florida -- Beaches of Alabama -- Beaches of Mississippi -- Beaches of Louisiana -- Beaches of Texas -- Beaches of Mexico and Cuba. |
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Much of the world's population lives within thirty miles of a coast, and beaches are perhaps the most popular tourist destinations worldwide. The Gulf of Mexico is no exception: Millions of people make their homes nearby, and many of them spend considerable time at the |
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beach, joined by millions more tourists and seasonal visitors.In Beaches of the Gulf Coast, Richard A. Davis Jr., a veteran coastal geologist, explores the dynamics of beach formation, providing the reader with a basic understanding of the characteristics and behavior of the beach environment and what cau |
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