Immigration, Assimilation, and the Cultural Construction of American National Identity

Released on by Shannon Latkin Anderson
preview-18

  • Immigration, Assimilation, and the Cultural Construction of American National Identity Book Detail

  • Author : Shannon Latkin Anderson
  • Release Date : 2015-11-19
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Genre : Social Science
  • Pages : 356
  • ISBN 13 : 1317328752
  • File Size : 63,63 MB
DOWNLOAD BOOK

Immigration, Assimilation, and the Cultural Construction of American National Identity by Shannon Latkin Anderson PDF Summary

Book Description: Over the course of the 20th century, there have been three primary narratives of American national identity: the melting pot, Anglo-Protestantism, and cultural pluralism/multi-culturalism. This book offers a social and historical perspective on what shaped each of these imaginings, when each came to the fore, and which appear especially relevant early in the 21st century. These issues are addressed by looking at the United States and elite notions of the meaning of America across the 20th century, centering on the work of Horace Kallen, Nathan Glazer and Daniel Patrick Moynihan, and Samuel P. Huntington. Four structural areas are examined in each period: the economy, involvement in foreign affairs, social movements, and immigration. What emerges is a narrative arc whereby immigration plays a clear and crucial role in shaping cultural stories of national identity as written by elite scholars. These stories are represented in writings throughout all three periods, and in such work we see the intellectual development and specification of the dominant narratives, along with challenges to each. Important conclusions include a keen reminder that identities are often formed along borders both external and internal, that structure and culture operate dialectically, and that national identity is hardly a monolithic, static formation.

Disclaimer: www.yourbookbest.com does not own Immigration, Assimilation, and the Cultural Construction of American National Identity books pdf, neither created or scanned. We just provide the link that is already available on the internet, public domain and in Google Drive. If any way it violates the law or has any issues, then kindly mail us via contact us page to request the removal of the link.

The Other Side of Assimilation

The Other Side of Assimilation

File Size : 58,58 MB
Total View : 5149 Views
DOWNLOAD

The (not-so-strange) strangers in their midst -- Salsa and ketchup : cultural exposure and adoption -- Spotlight on white : fade to black -- Living with differe

The Best We Could Do

The Best We Could Do

File Size : 6,6 MB
Total View : 2928 Views
DOWNLOAD

National bestseller 2017 National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Finalist ABA Indies Introduce Winter / Spring 2017 Selection Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writ