European University Institute Library

Americanism, new perspectives on the history of an ideal, edited by Michael Kazin & Joseph A. McCartin

Label
Americanism, new perspectives on the history of an ideal, edited by Michael Kazin & Joseph A. McCartin
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Americanism
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
62281628
Responsibility statement
edited by Michael Kazin & Joseph A. McCartin
Sub title
new perspectives on the history of an ideal
Summary
"What is Americanism? The contributors to this volume recognize Americanism in all its complexity - as an ideology, an articulation of the nation's rightful place in the world, a set of traditions, a political language, and a cultural style imbued with political meaning. In response to the pervasive vision of Americanism as a battle cry or a smug assumption, this collection of essays stirs up new questions and debates that challenge us to rethink the model currently being exported, too often by force, to the rest of the world." --, Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
See your Declaration Americans!!! : abolitionism, Americanism, and the revolutionary tradition in free black politics / Mia Bay -- Anticipating Americanism : an individual perspective on republicanism in the Early Republic / Robert Shalhope -- True Americanism : Progressive Era intellectuals and the problem of liberal nationalism / Jonathan Hansen -- The American century of Henry R. Luce / Stephen J. Whitfield -- The unlovely residue of outworn prejudices : the Hart-Celler Act and the politics of immigration reform, 1945-1965 / Mae M. Ngai -- In the shadow of Vietnam : liberal nationalism and the problem of war / Gary Gerstle -- Religious diversity : the American experiment that works / Alan Wolfe -- Americanism against American empire / Alan McPherson -- Japanese intellectuals define America, from the 1920s through World War II / Jun Furuya -- The promise of freedom, the friend of authority : American culture in postwar France / Louis Menand -- French views of American modernity : from text to subtext / Rob Kroes -- Suffering sisters? American feminists and the problem of female genital surgeries / Melani McAlister
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