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Author:
Bender, Daniel E.
Title:
American abyss : savagery and civilization in the age of industry / Daniel E. Bender.
Publisher:
Cornell University Press,
Copyright Date:
2009
Description:
x, 329 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Industries--History.--United States--History.
Eugenics--History.--United States--History.
Foreign workers--United States--History.
Women--History.--United States--History.
Minorities--History.--United States--History.
United States--Economic conditions--1865-1918.
United States--Social conditions--1865-1918.
United States--Civilization--1865-1918.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
ISBN:
0801445981 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780801445989 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN:
2009013039
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

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