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Autore |
Taubenfeld Aviva F |
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Rough Writing [[electronic resource] ] : Ethnic Authorship in Theodore Roosevelt’s America / / Aviva F. Taubenfeld |
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New York ; ; London : , : New York University Press, , [2008] |
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©2008 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (252 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Immigrants - United States - Intellectual life |
American literature - Minority authors - History and criticism |
American literature - History and criticism |
National characteristics, American, in literature |
Ethnicity in literature |
Rhetoric - Political aspects - United States - History |
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United States Intellectual life 1865-1918 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-226) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Mendel's Melting Pot:Israel Zangwill and theScience of the Crucible; 2. Two Flags to Love: JacobRiis and the TransnationalAmerican at the Turn of theTwentieth Century; 3. Making American Homesand America Home: TheodoreRoosevelt and Elizabeth Sternin the Pages of the Ladies'Home Journal; 4. "Threatin' Him as a Akel":Finley Peter Dunne's EthnicCritique of "True Americanism"; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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As the United States struggled to absorb a massive influx of ethnically diverse immigrants at the turn of the twentieth century, the question of who and what an American is took on urgent intensity. It seemed more critical than ever to establish a definition by which Americanness could be established, transmitted, maintained, and judged. Americans of all stripes sought to articulate and enforce their visions of the nation's |
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