The American 1890s: A Cultural Reader

487 Pages·2000·2.94 MB·English

by  Susan Smith

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A CULTURAL READER
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Susan Harris Smith & Melanie Dawson,
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8 CONTENTS
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ATimelineofAmericaatCentury’sEnd xiii
Introduction 
1 BECOMINGCULTUREDANDCULTURE
ASCOMMODITY 
F.W.Gunsaulus,D.D.,‘‘TheIdealofCulture,’’Chautauquan 
AndrewCarnegie,‘‘Wealth,’’NorthAmericanReview 
BriefObservationsontheHabitofReading
‘‘TheReadingHabit,’’Critic 
‘‘CoursesofReading,’’Critic 
‘‘WhatChicagoPeopleRead,’’Critic 
‘‘ANoteonServants’Libraries,’’Critic 
GeorgeClarke,Ph.D.,‘‘TheNovel-ReadingHabit,’’Arena 
EdithWharton,‘‘ThePelican,’’Scribner’s 
Dr.ThorsteinVeblen,‘‘TheEconomicTheoryofWomen’sDress,’’
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Revolutionaries,’’Scribner’s 
StephenCrane,‘‘IntheDepthsofaCoalMine,’’McClure’s 
GertrudeRoscoe,‘‘APayingConcern:ATrueStoryofAmerican
FactoryLife,’’McClure’s 
ElmoreElliottPeake,‘‘TheNightRunofthe‘Overland’:AStoryof
DomesticLifeAmongtheRailroadPeople,’’McClure’s 
FlorenceKelley,‘‘WomenandGirlsinSweat-Shops,’’Chautauquan 
ClaraSidneyDavidge,‘‘Working-Girl’sClubs,’’Scribner’s 
4 SOCIAL,ETHNIC,ANDRACIALSTRIFE 
JosiahFlynt,‘‘ClubLifeAmongOutcasts,’’Harper’s 
SimonPokagon,‘‘TheFutureoftheRedMan,’’Forum 
FrederickDouglass,‘‘LynchLawintheSouth,’’
NorthAmericanReview 
AbrahamCahan,‘‘AGhettoWedding,’’AtlanticMonthly 
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W.E.BurghardtDuBois,‘‘ANegroSchoolmasterintheNewSouth,’’
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JohnBrisbenWalker,‘‘ModernCollegeEducation,’’Cosmopolitan 
AnniePaysonCall,‘‘TheGreatestNeedofCollegeGirls,’’
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Zitkala-Sa˘,‘‘TheSchoolDaysofanIndianGirl,’’AtlanticMonthly 
CharlesW.Chesnutt,‘‘TheMarchofProgress,’’Century 
PaulLaurenceDunbar,‘‘TheIngrate,’’NewEnglandMagazine 
AbbeCarterGoodloe,‘‘TheGeniusofBowlderBluff,’’Scribner’s 
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FrederickJ.Turner,‘‘TheProblemoftheWest,’’AtlanticMonthly 
AnnaR.Weeks,‘‘TheDivorceofManfromNature,’’Arena 
EdwardEverettHale,‘‘Susan’sEscort,’’Harper’s 
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 IllustrationoftheHomesteadSteelWorks 
 ‘‘TheSocialistMeeting’’ 
 ‘‘MusicDrillattheUniversityPlaceHall,NewYork’’ 
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