Автор: Seligmann, Matthew S. , N?gler, Frank Название: The Naval Route to the Abyss ISBN: 1911423908 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781911423904 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 7654.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The Anglo-German rivalry in battleship building at the beginning of the twentieth century has been blamed by many as a major cause of the First World War, yet `the Great Naval Race` has not received the attention that its notoriety would merit.
Автор: Jack London Название: The People of the Abyss ISBN: 0999428322 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780999428320 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2641.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The People of the Abyss is a book by Jack London (Call of the Wild, White Fang) about life in the East End of London in 1902. He wrote this first-hand account after living in the East End (including the Whitechapel District) for several weeks, sometimes staying in workhouses or sleeping on the streets.
At the beginning of the twentieth century, industrialization both dramatically altered everyday experiences and shaped debates about the effects of immigration, empire, and urbanization. In American Abyss, Daniel E. Bender examines an array of sources—eugenics theories, scientific studies of climate, socialist theory, and even popular novels about cavemen—to show how intellectuals and activists came to understand industrialization in racial and gendered terms as the product of evolution and as the highest expression of civilization.Their discussions, he notes, are echoed today by the use of such terms as the "developed" and "developing" worlds. American industry was contrasted with the supposed savagery and primitivism discovered in tropical colonies, but observers who made those claims worried that industrialization, by encouraging immigration, child and women's labor, and large families, was reversing natural selection. Factories appeared to favor the most unfit. There was a disturbing tendency for such expressions of fear to favor eugenicist "remedies."Bender delves deeply into the culture and politics of the age of industry. Linking urban slum tourism and imperial science with immigrant better-baby contests and hoboes, American Abyss uncovers the complex interactions of turn-of-the-century ideas about race, class, gender, and ethnicity. Moreover, at a time when immigration again lies at the center of American economy and society, this book offers an alarming and pointed historical perspective on contemporary fears of immigrant laborers.
Автор: Jack London Название: The People of the Abyss ISBN: 1108064558 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108064552 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5544.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In this 1903 publication, which influenced later socially minded authors like George Orwell, American writer Jack London (1876-1916) examines the living conditions of the impoverished residents of London`s East End, demonstrating how politics had failed the vulnerable. The text is illustrated with photographs of the places and people mentioned.
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