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

• Autore: Bender Daniel E
• Pubblicazione: Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (341 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.0973
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: United States Economic conditions 1865-1918; United States Social conditions 1865-1918; United States Civilization 1865-1918
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: American abyss
• ISBN: 0-8014-7836-7; 0-8014-5837-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910825255003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II