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

• Autore: Bender Daniel E
• Pubblicazione: Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2009
• 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.
• 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.: 9910789626303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II