{"product_id":"inventing-americas-worst-family-eugenics-islam-and-the-fall-and-rise-of-the-tribe-of-ishmael-paperback","title":"Inventing America's Worst Family: Eugenics, Islam, and the Fall and Rise of the Tribe of Ishmael - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNathaniel Deutsch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book tells the stranger-than-fiction story of how a poor white family from Indiana was scapegoated into prominence as America's \"worst\" family by the eugenics movement in the early twentieth century, then \"reinvented\" in the 1970s as part of a vanguard of social rebellion. In what becomes a profoundly unsettling counter-history of the United States, Nathaniel Deutsch 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. The Ishmaels, actually white Christians, were later celebrated in the 1970s as the founders of the country's first African American Muslim community. This bizarre and fascinating saga reveals how class, race, religion, and science have shaped the nation's history and myths.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eInventing America's Worst Family\u003c\/i\u003e is an important, refreshing, and interesting work. Perhaps the most fascinating aspect of this account is its placement at the center of a larger narrative about America's obsession with Orientalism. The story emerges gracefully and compellingly; Deutsch clearly presents new material and has gone to great efforts to track what actually became of the Ishmael group, and its origins.--Wendy Kline, author of \u003ci\u003eBuilding a Better Race: Gender, Sexuality, and Eugenics from the Turn of the Century to the Baby Boom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is one of the most intriguing, imaginative works of history I've read in quite some time. \u003ci\u003eInventing America's Worst Family\u003c\/i\u003e advances historical scholarship on poverty and eugenics in compelling ways, with its deep analysis of institutional realities and cultural trends. Deutsch combines a terrific story with his own impressive narrative talent; the book is ingeniously conceived, brilliantly researched, and beautifully told!--J. Terry Todd, Drew University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eInventing America's Worst Family\u003c\/i\u003e is an important, refreshing, and interesting work. Perhaps the most fascinating aspect of this account is its placement at the center of a larger narrative about America's obsession with Orientalism. The story emerges gracefully and compellingly; Deutsch clearly presents new material and has gone to great efforts to track what actually became of the Ishmael group, and its origins.--Wendy Kline, author of \u003ci\u003eBuilding a Better Race: Gender, Sexuality, and Eugenics from the Turn of the Century to the Baby Boom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is one of the most intriguing, imaginative works of history I've read in quite some time. \u003ci\u003eInventing America's Worst Family\u003c\/i\u003e advances historical scholarship on poverty and eugenics in compelling ways, with its deep analysis of institutional realities and cultural trends. Deutsch combines a terrific story with his own impressive narrative talent; the book is ingeniously conceived, brilliantly researched, and beautifully told!\"--J. Terry Todd, Drew University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNathaniel Deutsch, \u003c\/b\u003eProfessor of Literature and History at the University\u003cbr\u003eof California, Santa Cruz, is author of \u003ci\u003eThe Maiden of Ludmir: A Jewish Holy Woman and Her World \u003c\/i\u003e(UC Press), among other books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 282\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 8.94 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 05, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45424925835366,"sku":"9780520255241","price":72.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/aCttMXRVU0tkRytrMW1XZFRiMVBVdz09.webp?v=1775616634","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/inventing-americas-worst-family-eugenics-islam-and-the-fall-and-rise-of-the-tribe-of-ishmael-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}