VOLUME 1 ISSUE 3 NOVEMBER 2018 ISSN 2515 - 0456 Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. 27 Sep 2021 at 09:51:15, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use. Modern American History (MAH) showcases top-quality, emerging research on the history of the United States since the 1890s. Aiming to stimulate debate and make meaningful connections between the subfi elds of this vibrant and expansive fi eld, the journal publishes compelling peer-reviewed articles as well as substantial review essays, forums, and other special features. Executive Editors Brooke L. Blower, Boston University, MA Sarah T. Phillips, Boston University, MA Editorial Assistants Cari Babitzke, Boston University, MA Andrew Bell, Boston University, MA Editorial Board Thomas G. Andrews, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO Beth Bailey, University of Kansas, KS Brian Balogh, Miller Center, University of Virginia, VA Tomiko Brown-Nagin, Harvard Law School, MA Geraldo Cadava, Northwestern University, IL Margot Canaday, Princeton University, NJ Christopher Capozzola, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA Jefferson Cowie, Vanderbilt University, TN Beverly Gage, Yale University, CT Gary Gerstle, University of Cambridge, UK Jacob Darwin Hamblin, Oregon State University, OR Madeline Y. Hsu, University of Texas, Austin, TX Sarah E. Igo, Vanderbilt University, TN Robin D. G. Kelley, University of California, Los Angeles, CA Barbara Keys, University of Melbourne, Australia Kevin M. Kruse, Princeton University, NJ Adriane Lentz-Smith, Duke University, NC Melani McAlister, George Washington University, DC Andrew Preston, University of Cambridge, UK Samuel K. Roberts, Columbia University, NY Bruce J. Schulman, Boston University, MA Britta Waldschmidt-Nelson, Universität Augsburg, Germany Judy Tzu-Chun Wu, University of California, Irvine, CA Cover image: Flip Schulke photographs residents taking part in organized daily pool exercises at the Century Village Retirement Community in West Palm Beach, Florida, c. 1975. From the Environmental Protection Agency’s Project DOCUMERICA. U.S. National Archives at College Park, 412-DA-6063. ISSN (Print): 2515-0456 ISSN (Online): 2397-1851 © Cambridge University Press and the individual contributors, 2018. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America www.cambridge.org/mah Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. 27 Sep 2021 at 09:51:15, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use. MODERN AMERICAN HISTORY Volume 1, Issue 3, November 2018 Articles Dilemmas of World-Wide Thinking: Popular Geographies and the Problem of Empire in Wendell Willkie’s Search for One World Samuel Zipp Competing internationalist visions collide in the Republican leader’s bestselling account of his round-the-world trip during World War II 295 Generation Crisis: How Population Research Defined the Baby Boomers Dan Bouk When the invention of a social scientific concept helped recast problems in education and the welfare state as unavoidable 321 Compassionate Capitalism: Amway and the Role of Small-Business Conservatives in the New Right Davor Mondom How one of the nation’s largest direct sales companies fueled opposition to both big government and large corporate workplaces 343 Below the Fold Forum: Discovering the Environment Why has environmental protection been such a hard sell? When Americans did care, why did they care? Three Eras of Environmental Concern Christopher Sellers 363 Images, Emotions, Politics Finis Dunaway 369 The Growing Rift between Workers and Environmentalists Erik Loomis 377 The Fallout from Residential Segregation Jennifer Thomson 381 Legacies for the Common Good James Morton Turner 385 Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. 27 Sep 2021 at 09:51:15, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use. Q&A: The Visitors’ Corner with Sia Sanneh and Bryan Stevenson of the Equal Justice Initiative Lawyers, who became monument builders, reflect on establishing the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama 391 The Soapbox The Challenge of Garveyism Studies Adam Ewing How the history of black nationalism was pushed to the discipline’s margins and with what consequences 399 Take Three: The Modern American Body One obsession. Three different perspectives The Nature of Travelling Corpses Ellen Stroud 419 Embodying the Nation of Islam Edward E. Curtis IV 425 The Late Capitalist Physique Sarah Schrank 431 Into the Stacks The Real Lives of Fake People Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen When historians write biographies of fictional characters 437 Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. 27 Sep 2021 at 09:51:15, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use..