The rise of multicultural America : economy and print culture, 1865-1915 / Susan L. Mizruchi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mizruchi, Susan L. (Susan Laura)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cultural pluralism--United States--History--19th century.

Cultural pluralism.

Cultural pluralism--United States--History--20th century.

Cultural pluralism--Economic aspects--United States--History.

Capitalism--Social aspects--United States--History.

Capitalism.

American literature--19th century--History and criticism.

American literature.

American literature--20th century--History and criticism.

United States--Economic conditions--1865-1918.

United States.

United States--Emigration and immigration--History.

United States--Race relations--History.

United States--Intellectual life--1865-1918.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (368 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Between the Civil War and World War I the United States underwent the most rapid economic expansion in history. At the same time, the country experienced unparalleled rates of immigration. In The Rise of Multicultural America, Susan Mizruchi examines the convergence of these two extraordinary developments. No issue was more salient in postbellum American capitalist society, she argues, than the country's bewilderingly diverse population. This era marked the emergence of Americans' self-consciousness about what we today call multiculturalism.Mizruchi approaches this complex development from the

Contents:

Remembering Civil War

Racism as opportunity in the Reconstruction Era

Cosmopolitanism

Indian sacrifice in an age of progress

Marketing culture

Varieties of work

Corporate America

American Utopias.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

979-88-908820-5-9

1-4696-0567-8

0-8078-8796-X

OCLC:

405095841