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Desmond King

The Liberty of Strangers

Making the American Nation

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Harry S. Truman once said, Ours is a nation of many different groups, of different races, of different national origins. And yet, the debate over what it means--and what it takes--to be an American remains contentious. Nationalist solidarity, many claim, requires a willful blending into the assimilationist alloy of these United States. Others argue that the interests of both nation and individual are best served by allowing multiple traditions to flourish--a salad bowl of identities and allegiances, rather than a melting pot.Tracing how Americans have confronted and relinquished, but mostly clung to group identities over the past century, Des… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-19-534914-6
  • EAN: 9780195349146
  • Produktnummer: 13934769
  • Verlag: Oxford University Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
  • Plattform: PDF
  • Masse: 1'300 KB

Über den Autor


Author and editor of numerous books, most recently Making Americans: Immigration, Race, and the Origins of the Diverse Democracy, Desmond King is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of American Government and Professorial Fellow of Nuffield College at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of the British Academy.

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