On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 11:23 PM, Bill Bartlett <william7 at aapt.net.au> wrote:
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> On 04/08/2013, at 3:08 PM, michael perelman <michael.perelman3 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > --
> > Michael Perelman
> > Economics Department
> > California State University
> > Chico, CA
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-- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929
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