Hanging together : unity and diversity in American culture /

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How has America, with its many ethnic, class, and ideological divisions, allowed divergent groups to 'hang together' as Americans? This book explores the ways in which Americans have conceived of a national identity and demonstrates that an appreciation of America's kaleidoscopic dive...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Higham, John, 1920-2003
Otros Autores: Guarneri, Carl, 1950-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, ©2001.
Temas:
Cultural pluralism > United States.
Group identity > United States.
National characteristics, American.
Historiography > United States.
Diversité culturelle > États-Unis.
Identité collective > États-Unis.
Américains.
Historiographie > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
HISTORY > General.
Civilization.
Cultural pluralism.
Ethnic relations.
Group identity.
Historiography.
Race relations.
Cultuurgeschiedenis.
United States > Race relations.
United States > Ethnic relations.
United States > Civilization.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
États-Unis > Relations interethniques.
États-Unis > Civilisation.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • I : Tracing unities
  • Hanging together : divergent unities in American history ; America in person : the evolution of national symbols ; Rediscovering the pragmatic American
  • Specialization in a democracy
  • II : Integrating diversity
  • Integrating America : the problem of assimilation at the turn of the century ; Immigration and American mythology ; Pluralistic integration as an American model ; Three postwar reconstructions
  • III : Turning points
  • From boundlessness to consolidation : the transformation of American culture, 1848-1860 ; America's utopian prophets ; Reorientation of American culture in the 1890s ; Long road to the New Deal
  • IV : Prospects
  • Multiculturalism and universalism : a history and critique ; Future of American history.

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