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Illiberal reformers : race, eugenics, and American economics in the Progressive era / Thomas C. Leonard.
Lippincott Library HC105 .L46 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leonard, Thomas C., 1960- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economics--United States--History.
- Economics.
- United States.
- History.
- Progressivism (United States politics)--History.
- Progressivism (United States politics).
- Eugenics--United States--History.
- Eugenics.
- United States--Economic conditions--1865-1918.
- Economic conditions.
- United States--Economic policy--To 1933.
- Economic policy.
- United States--Social conditions--1865-1918.
- Social conditions.
- Economic history.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 250 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2016]
- Contents:
- Part I The Progressive Ascendancy
- 1 Redeeming American Economic Life 3
- 2 Turning Illiberal 17
- 3 Becoming Experts 27
- 4 Efficiency in Business and Public Administration 55
- Part II The Progressive Paradox
- 5 Valuing Labor: What Should Labor Get? 77
- 6 Darwinism in Economic Reform 89
- 7 Eugenics and Race in Economic Reform 109
- 8 Excluding the Unemployable 129
- 9 Excluding Immigrants and the Unproductive 141
- 10 Excluding Women 169.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9780691169590
- 0691169594
- OCLC:
- 908083922
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