03665oam 22007454a 450 991045373110332120210108153709.00-8173-8731-5(CKB)2550000001143147(EBL)1458553(SSID)ssj0001046564(PQKBManifestationID)12356525(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001046564(PQKBWorkID)11137580(PQKB)10390800(SSID)ssj0001170812(PQKBManifestationID)11672574(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001170812(PQKBWorkID)11171086(PQKB)11431803(OCoLC)860712564(MdBmJHUP)muse38511(MiAaPQ)EBC1458553(EXLCZ)99255000000114314720070420d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWe Are All Americans, Pure and Simple[electronic resource] Theodore Roosevelt and the Myth of Americanism /Leroy G. DorseyTuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20071 online resource (233 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8173-1592-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-215) and index.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; IndexThe 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 ""AmericanAfrican AmericansCultural assimilationHistoryIndians of North AmericaCultural assimilationHistoryImmigrantsUnited StatesHistoryAmericanizationHistoryNational characteristics, AmericanRhetoricPolitical aspectsHistory20th centuryRhetoricPolitical aspectsHistory19th centuryUnited StatesEthnic relationsPolitical aspectsUnited StatesRace relationsPolitical aspectsElectronic books. African AmericansCultural assimilationHistory.Indians of North AmericaCultural assimilationHistory.ImmigrantsHistory.AmericanizationHistory.National characteristics, American.RhetoricPolitical aspectsHistoryRhetoricPolitical aspectsHistory973.91973.91/1092973.911092Dorsey Leroy G.1959-1036496MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910453731103321We Are All Americans, Pure and Simple2456888UNINA