Literary notes about amalgamation (AI summary)
Amalgamation is deployed in literature to evoke the idea of merging disparate elements into a unified whole, whether these elements are cultural, social, or even material. In discussions of race and society, it often symbolizes the blending of distinct cultures and ethnicities, as when ancient Japan is portrayed as effortlessly integrating races ([1]) or when interbreeding and intermarriage are cited as natural forces for racial union ([2]). At the same time, the term appears in technical contexts, describing metallurgical processes where substances like mercury are used to combine metals ([3], [4]). Its usage extends further to metaphorical applications—such as in political discourse or economic consolidation—highlighting both the promise of unity and the potential for eroding individual characteristics ([5], [6]).
- This proves, by the way, how easily the process [Pg 76] of amalgamation and assimilation of different races was accomplished in ancient Japan.
— from An Introduction to the History of Japan by Katsuro Hara - Amalgamation is a biological process, the fusion of races by interbreeding and intermarriage.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park - Mercury, too, is often added to effect amalgamation of the zinc.
— from Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by American School of Correspondence - The amalgamation is then carried on in rotating barrels containing the roasted ore mixed with water, iron, and mercury.
— from The Principles of Chemistry, Volume II by Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev - He made his speech up of complaints against our tendencies to negro equality and amalgamation.
— from The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Complete by Abraham Lincoln - In banking, similarly, the absorption and amalgamation of smaller banks has been going on with startling rapidity.
— from Rebuilding Britain: A Survey of Problems of Reconstruction After the World War by Hopkinson, Alfred, Sir
