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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453731103321

Autore

Dorsey Leroy G. <1959->

Titolo

We Are All Americans, Pure and Simple [[electronic resource] ] : Theodore Roosevelt and the Myth of Americanism / / Leroy G. Dorsey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2007

ISBN

0-8173-8731-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Disciplina

973.91

973.91/1092

973.911092

Soggetti

African Americans - Cultural assimilation - History

Indians of North America - Cultural assimilation - History

Immigrants - United States - History

Americanization - History

National characteristics, American

Rhetoric - Political aspects - History - 20th century

Rhetoric - Political aspects - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

United States Ethnic relations Political aspects

United States Race relations Political aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-215) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Roosevelt's Americanism and the Myth of Origin; 2. Forging Americanism on the Frontier: Immigrants and The Winning of the West; 3. Red into White: Native Americans and Americanism; 4. Shaping the African American Image: Americanism and the ""Negro Problem""; 5. From Hero to Traitor to Good Citizen: Americanism and the Campaign against the Hyphen; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliographic Essay; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The turn of the 20th century represented one of the most chaotic periods in the nation's history, as immigrants, Native Americans, and African Americans struggled with their roles as Americans while white America feared their encroachments on national identity. This book



examines Theodore Roosevelt's public rhetoric-speeches, essays, and narrative histories-as he attempted to craft one people out of many. Leroy G. Dorsey observes that Roosevelt's solution to the problem appeared straightforward: everyone could become ""Americans, pure and simple"" if they embraced his notion of ""American