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American abyss : savagery and civilization in the age of industry / Daniel E. Bender.
Lippincott Library HC105.7 .B38 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bender, Daniel E.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Industries--Social aspects--United States--History.
- Industries.
- Eugenics--Social aspects--United States--History.
- Eugenics.
- Foreign workers--United States--History.
- Foreign workers.
- Women--Employment--United States--History.
- Women.
- Minorities--Employment--United States--History.
- Minorities.
- Minorities--Employment.
- History.
- Women--Employment.
- Eugenics--Social aspects.
- Industries--Social aspects.
- United States--Economic conditions--1865-1918.
- United States.
- Economic conditions.
- United States--Social conditions--1865-1918.
- Social conditions.
- United States--Civilization--1865-1918.
- Civilization.
- Physical Description:
- x, 329 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2009.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780801445989
- 0801445981
- OCLC:
- 319155330
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