The American 1890s: A Cultural ReaderSusan Harris Smith, Melanie Dawson Duke University Press, 7 de jul. de 2000 - 468 páginas America at the last fin de siècle was in a period of profound societal transition. Industrialization was well under way and with it a burgeoning sense of professionalism and a growing middle class that was becoming increasingly anxious about issues of race, gender, and class. The American 1890s: A Cultural Reader is a wide-ranging anthology of essays, criticism, and fiction first printed in periodicals during those last remarkable years of the nineteenth century, a decade commonly referred to as the “golden age” of periodical culture. To depict the many changes taking place in the United States at this time, Susan Harris Smith and Melanie Dawson have drawn from an eclectic range of periodicals: elite monthlies such as Scribner’s, Harper’s, and the Atlantic Monthly; political magazines such as the North American Review and Forum; magazines for general readers such as Cosmopolitan and McClures; and specialized publications including the Chatauquan, Outing, and Colored American Magazine. Authors represented in the collection include Andrew Carnegie, Edith Wharton, Theodore Roosevelt, Susan B. Anthony, Booker T. Washington, Stephen Crane, W. E. B. DuBois, Jacob Riis, and Frederick Jackson Turner. A general introduction to the period, a brief contextualizing essay for each selection, and a comprehensive bibliography of secondary sources are provided as well. In examining and debating the decade’s momentous political and social developments, the essays, editorials, and stories in this anthology reflect a constantly shifting culture at a time of internal turmoil, unprecedented political expansion, and a renaissance of modern ideas and new technologies. Bringing together a carefully chosen selection of primary sources, The American 1890s presents a remarkable variety of views—nostalgic, protective, imperialist, progressive, egalitarian, and democratic—held by American citizens a century ago. |
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Introduction | 1 |
BECOMING CULTURED AND CULTURE AS COMMODITY | 15 |
The Ideal of Culture Chautauquan | 17 |
Wealth | 25 |
Brief Observations on the Habit of Reading | 35 |
Courses of Reading | 38 |
A Note on Servants Libraries | 42 |
The NovelReading Habit | 43 |
Lynch Law in the South North American Review | 220 |
A Ghetto Wedding Atlantic Monthly | 226 |
The Genesis of the Gang Atlantic Monthly | 238 |
StepBrothers to Dives Harpers | 249 |
5 MENTAL HEALTH PHYSICAL TRAINING | 259 |
The Gospel of Relaxation Scribners | 261 |
From Fashions Slaves Arena | 273 |
Woman and the Bicycle Scribners | 288 |
The Pelican | 51 |
of Womens Dress Popular Science | 66 |
THE IDEA OF TYPES | 75 |
The Modern American Mood Harpers | 77 |
The Provincial from a series Sketches of American Types Scribners | 86 |
The Conduct of Life from a series The Art of Living Scribners | 93 |
Talma Gordon Colored American Magazine | 105 |
The College Graduate and Public Life Atlantic Monthly | 117 |
The Awakening of the Negro Atlantic Monthly | 125 |
The Status of Woman Past Present and Future Arena | 134 |
LABOR | 143 |
Among the Revolutionaries | 146 |
In the Depths of a Coal Mine McClures | 156 |
True Story of American Factory Life | 163 |
A Story of Domestic Life Among the Railroad People | 171 |
Women and Girls in SweatShops Club Scribners | 181 |
WorkingGirls Clubs Scribners | 185 |
4 SOCIAL ETHNIC AND RACIAL STRIFE | 195 |
Club Life Among Outcasts Harpers | 199 |
The Future of the Red Man | 210 |
A Fin de Cycle Incident Outing | 291 |
Physical Education vs Degeneracy Independent | 302 |
On Being Civilized Too Much Atlantic Monthly | 306 |
6 THE PROMISES OF FORMAL EDUCATION | 319 |
in the New South Atlantic Monthly | 321 |
Modern College Education Cosmopolitan | 329 |
The Greatest Need of College Girls Atlantic Monthly | 339 |
The School Days of an Indian Girl Atlantic Monthly | 349 |
Century 61 January 1901 422428 | 361 |
The Ingrate New England Magazine | 370 |
The Genius of Bowlder Bluff Scribners | 376 |
7 THE FUTURE CULTURAL CHANGE | 387 |
A Lesson from the White City New England Magazine | 389 |
The Problem of the West Atlantic Monthly | 396 |
The Divorce of Man from Nature Arena | 407 |
Susans Escort Harpers | 412 |
Four Harpers | 425 |
Within an Ace of the End of the World McClures | 447 |
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