Shannon Latkin Anderson

Immigration, Assimilation, and the Cultural Construction of American National Identity (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the relationship between immigration, assimilation, and narratives of American identity. The often self-congratulatory, mythic story of the U.S. as a nation of immigrants can feel hollow in a climate of minutemen brigades and deadlock on a strategy for moving forward regarding the millions of undocumented immigrants currently in residence. In this book, an in-depth examination of elite writing about immigration and assimilation over the course of the 20th century illuminates and offers important insights into the dominant narratives of national identity: Anglo-Protestantism, the melting pot, and multiculturalism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. November 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317328759
• Artikelnr.: 49354216

Autorenporträt

Shannon Latkin Anderson is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Roanoke College.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Immigration
Assimilation
and National Identity Part I: Horace Kallen and a New Narrative
1905-1925 2. Mass Immigration
Prelude to War
and Narratives of the Nation 3. Kallen's Pluralist Challenge Part II: Glazer and Moynihan Challenge the Melting Pot
1950-1970 4. A Time for American Power (and Melting?) 5. Glazer and Moynihan's Claim: Many and One Part III: Huntington's Return to Americanism
1985-2005 6. Multiculturalism and a Domestic Clash 7. Huntington's Fear: E Pluribus Pluribus 8. Anglo-America Under Review 9. Conclusion: The Meanings of America