On 04/08/2013, at 3:08 PM, michael perelman <michael.perelman3 at gmail.com> wrote:
> This is an extract from a book that Vincent Portillo and I are writing, The
> Matrix: An Exploration of the Interactions between the Economy, War, and
> Economic Theory.
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> Here is how it starts:
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> In the late nineteenth century, a fear about the softness of American
> society raised doubts about the capacity of the United States to carry out
> its imperial destiny. This problem was associated with the final
> settlement of the frontier. As important as the development of open space
> was to the expansion of the territory of the United States, the completion
> of the continental expansion brought an attendant fear that traditional
> masculinity was on the wane and would bring about a withering of the
> individual and the national body. This fear spread to the church as well,
> where the result was thought to be a moral softening (Miller 2011, p. 38).
> To make matters worse, waves of immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe
> were flooding American cities with foreign cultures. This concern became
> so pressing that talk of "race suicide" became common.
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> Here is the url:
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> http://michaelperelman.wordpress.com/2013/08/04/muscular-christianity-eugenics-war-football-and-imperialism/
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> Any comments or criticism would be welcome.
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> Michael Perelman
> Economics Department
> California State University
> Chico, CA
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