Just like us : the American struggle to understand foreigners /

"Americans have long considered themselves a people set apart. Yet American exceptionalism is built on a set of tacit beliefs about other cultures. From the founding exclusion of indigenous peoples and enslaved Africans to the uneasy welcome of waves of immigrants, from republican disavowals of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Borstelmann, Thomas (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2020]
Temas:
1945-1989
National characteristics, American > History.
Cultural awareness > United States.
Race awareness > United States > History.
Cultural pluralism > United States > History.
Globalization > Social aspects > United States > History.
Exceptionalism > United States > History.
Americanization.
Cold War > Social aspects > United States.
Sensibilisation aux cultures > États-Unis.
Conscience de race > États-Unis > Histoire.
Diversité culturelle > États-Unis > Histoire.
Mondialisation > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire.
Exceptionnalisme > États-Unis > Histoire.
Américanisation.
Guerre froide > Aspect social > États-Unis.
HISTORY > United States > General.
HISTORY > Essays.
Cultural awareness.
Cultural pluralism.
Exceptionalism.
Globalization > Social aspects.
National characteristics, American.
Race awareness.
Race relations.
Social aspects.
United States > Race relations > History.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • I. The Challenge of Contact with Foreigners
  • II. Freedom: American Culture as Human Nature
  • III. Inbound: Immigrants from Internal Threat to Incorporation
  • IV. Lurking: Communists and the Threat of Captivity
  • V. Outbound: U.S. Expansion Into Foreign Lands
  • VI. Subversion: The Power of American Culture in a Global Era
  • Conclusion: Not So Foreign After All
  • Notes
  • Index

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