Inventing America's Worst Family
Traces how the Ishmaels, whose patriarch fought in the Revolutionary War, were discovered in the slums of Indianapolis in the 1870s and became a symbol for all that was wrong with the urban poor. This book reveals how class, race, religion, and science have shaped the nation's history and myths.
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Traces how the Ishmaels, whose patriarch fought in the Revolutionary War, were discovered in the slums of Indianapolis in the 1870s and became a symbol for all that was wrong with the urban poor. This book reveals how class, race, religion, and science have shaped the nation's history and myths.
| ISBN / EAN | 9780520255241 |
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| Auteur | Deutsch, Nathaniel |
| Editeur | University of California Press |