American abyss : savagery and civilization in the age of industry
Daniel E. Bender
| Year of publication: |
2009
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| Authors: | Bender, Daniel E. |
| Publisher: |
Ithaca, NY [u.a.] : Cornell University Press |
| Subject: | Industrialisierung | Industrialization | Arbeitsmigranten | Migrant workers | Minderheit | Minority | Soziale Lage | Social situation | Sozialgeschichte | Social history | Kulturgeschichte | Cultural history | Zivilisation | Civilization | USA | United States | Gesellschaftsbild | Geschichte 1900-1930 | Imperialismus | Rassismus | Frauenfeindlichkeit | Sozialreform | Eugenik |
| Description of contents: | Table of Contents [gbv.de] |
| Extent: | X, 329 S. Ill., Kt. 24 cm |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index 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. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8014-4598-9 ; 0-8014-4598-1 |
| Classification: | USA |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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