Progressive New World : : How Settler Colonialism and Transpacific Exchange Shaped American Reform / / Marilyn Lake.

In a bold argument, Marilyn Lake shows that race and reform were mutually supportive as Progressivism became the political logic of settler colonialism at the turn of the 20th century. She points to exchanges between American and Australasian reformers who shared racial sensibilities, along with a c...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2019]
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Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (270 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Introduction: Settler Colonialism and Progressivism --
1. Self-Government, Democracy, and White Manhood --
2. An Expansive State with Socialistic Tendencies --
3. Purifying Politics through Electoral Reform --
4. Federal Idealism and Labor Realism --
5. Woman Suffrage as an Object Lesson --
6. Mothers of the Nation --
7. Labor Investigators Cross the Pacific --
8. Indigenous Progressivism Calls Settler Colonialism to Account --
Abbreviations --
Notes --
Acknowledgments --
Index
Summary:In a bold argument, Marilyn Lake shows that race and reform were mutually supportive as Progressivism became the political logic of settler colonialism at the turn of the 20th century. She points to exchanges between American and Australasian reformers who shared racial sensibilities, along with a commitment to forging an ideal social order.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9780674989993
9783110652031
DOI:10.4159/9780674989993
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Marilyn Lake.