TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bender,Daniel E.
TI  - American abyss: savagery and civilization in the age of industry 
SN  - 9788178242903
U1  - 338.0973 23
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Ithaca
PB  - Cornell University Press
KW  - Industries
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Eugenics
KW  - Foreign workers
KW  - Women
KW  - Employment
KW  - Minorities
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - 1865-1918
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Civilization
N1  - 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
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