Impressions of a Gilded Age - The American Fin de Siècle

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Impressions of a Gilded Age - The American Fin de Siècle presents European contributions to American Studies, examining American culture and society around the late nineteenth century and related themes of immigration, identity, political thought, aesthetics, and urban life. The volume is organized through multiple essays covering American cosmopolitanism, impressionism and stylistic expression, American dreams and immigrant autobiography, realism and its tensions, and the shaping of urban order and moral order. It further addresses faces of imperialism, industrial impacts, progressive world order, and anti-imperial debates, supported by editorial and author materials.

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Impressions of a Gilded Age - The American Fin de Siècle

Impressions of a Gilded Age

Impressionism and Expression

Urban Imprints

Faces of Imperialism

The Industrial Impact

About the Authors

# iTJPRESSiOFS OF R GiLDED KGE TTE KCiJERiCKR FIn DE SIECLE CTT.PachterR.Tissof E.CrasnowT.Ickstadr 7.LombardoW.BoclhowerT.Kazin K.R.Tey J.KthertonR.Lewis J.Brun-RoverR.E.CampbellS.Ricard G.Rystad J.Portes J.3.Jentrz I.Keil https://archive.org/details/isbn 9070291053 IMP R E S S I 0N S 0 F A G I L DE D A G E T H E A ME R I C A N FIN D E SI E C L E Sitter:Theodore Robinson(1852-1896) Artist:A.Sturdervant(1855-1936) Oil on canvas National Portrait Gallery,Smithsonian Institution,Washington,D.C.;gift of Mrs.Lincoln Pryden and MissWinifred S.Compton MARC CHENETIER AND ROB KROES,editors ## I MP RE S S I 0N S 0 F A GI L D E D A G E T H E A ME R I C A N F IN D E S I E C L E AMERIKA INSTITUUT UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM JODENBREESTRAAT 9 1011 NG AMSTERDAM European Contributions to American Studies 1.AMERICAN IMMIGRATION:ITS VARIETY AND LASTING IMPRINT,1979Rob Kroes,editor(F1s.22,50) 2.THE INTELLECTUAL IN AMERICA,1979Rob Kroes,editor(F1s.22,50) 3.(jointly with the European Association for American Studies) THE AMERICAN IDENTITY:FUSION AND FRAGMENTATION,1980 (F1s.25,00)Rob Kroes,editor 4.IMAGE AND IMPACT:AMERICAN INFLUENCES IN THE NETHERLANDSSINCE 1945,1981Rob Kroes,editor(F1s.22,50) 5.A BILATERAL BICENTENNIAL:A HISTORY OF DUTCH-AMERICANRELATIONS,1782-1982 J.W.Schulte Nordholt and Robert P.Swierenga,editors(F1s.52,50) 6.(jointly with the European Association for American Studies)IMPRESSIONS OF A GILDED AGE:THE AMERICAN FIN DESIECLE Mare Chénetier and Rob Kroes,editors(F1s.25,00) (Copies can be ordered through the Amerika Instituut,Jodenbreestraat 9,1011 NG Amsterdam) ◎ 1983,Amerika Instituut,Universiteit van AmsterdamISBN 9070291053 PREFACE Maurice Gonnaud,President of the European Association forAmerican Studies,University of Lyon IIp. 7 INTRODUCTION:ALL DONE WITH MIRRORS M.Chénetier and R.Kroes p. 9 I MP RE S S I 0N I S M A N D CO SM0 PO L I T A N I SM 1.AMERICAN COSMOPOLITANISM,1870-1910 M.Pachterp. 21 2.IMPRESSIONISM,AMERICAN STYLER.Tissotp. 43I M P R E S S I 0N A N D E XP RE S S I 0N 3.JAMES AS JANUS:OPPOSITION AND ECONOMY E.Crasnowp. 57 4.CONCEPTS OF SOCIETY AND THE PRACTICE OF FICTION -SYMBOLIC RESPONSES TO THE EXPERIENCE OF CHANGE INLATE NINETEENTH CENTURY AMERICA H.Ickstadtp. 77 5.THE AMERICAN DREAM OF THE AMERICAN ARTIST A.Lombardop. 96 6.THE BRAVE NEW WORLD OF IMMIGRANT AUTOBIOGRAPHYW.Boelhowerp.114 7.GRANDEUR AND MISERY OF REALISM A.Kazinp.133 ## U R B A N IMP R IN T S 8.CHARLES L.HUTCHINSON AND RALPH CLARKSON:THEORY ANDPRACTICE AT THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO,1879-1924 p.147 K.R.Hey 9.URBAN ORDER AND MORAL ORDER:BURNHAM'S PLAV OF CHICAGO(1909)AND THE CONCEPTUALISATION OF THE CITY J.Athertonp.165 10."WELL-DIRECTED PLAY":URBAN RECREATION AND PROGRESSIVEREFORMR.Lewisp.183 11.PRIVATE LIFE AND PUBLIC SCENE IN THE GILDED AGE J.Brun-Rovetp.203 F A CE S 0 F IM PE R I A L I S M 12.PROGRESSIVE CONCEPTS OF THE WORLD ORDER A.E.Campbellp.215 13.MONROE REVISITED:THE ROOSEVELT DOCTRINE,1901-1909S.Ricardp.228 14.AMBIGUOUS ANTI-IMPERIALISM:AMERICAN EXPANSIONISMAND ITS CRITICS AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY G.Rystadp.242 15.THE FRENCH PERCEPTION OF AMERICAN ANTI-IMPERIALISM (1870-1910) J.Portes p.268 T H E I N DU ST R I A L IM P A C T 16.CHICAGO'S FURNITURE INDUSTRY AND ITS WORK FORCE FROM1850 T01910:A SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK FORINTERPRETING THE GERMAN-AMERICAN FURNITURE WORKERSAND THEIR UNIONS J.B.Jentz p.287 17.THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR,THE TRADE UNIONS,AND GERMANSOCIALISTS IN CHICAGO,1870-1890 H.Keil p.301 ABOUT THE AUTHORS p.324 Maurice Gonnaud,President EAAS This volume takes its place in a long series of publications sponsoredby the European Association for American Studies,thereby testifying to adeeply-felt need for communication and cooperation among scholars over thelength and breadth of the continent.More specifically,it adds to theseries of European Contributio

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What is the overall focus of the volume?

The volume focuses on European scholarly contributions to American Studies, centered on the American fin de siècle and related cultural, political, and social themes.

How is the book organized?

It is structured as a collection of essays grouped under thematic sections such as impressionism and expression, urban imprints, faces of imperialism, and the industrial impact.

What kinds of topics are included besides culture and art?

The contents also cover immigration and identity, political and societal concepts, urban recreation and reform, imperialism and anti-imperialism, and the social and economic dimensions of industrial work.

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