LEADER 03820oam 22008534a 450 001 9910790010103321 005 20170810200540.0 010 $a0-8147-8336-8 024 7 $a10.18574/nyu/9780814783368 035 $a(CKB)2670000000155507 035 $a(EBL)865915 035 $a(OCoLC)779828301 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000607660 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11444961 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000607660 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10585172 035 $a(PQKB)11764738 035 $a(OCoLC)794701133 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse10394 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC865915 035 $a(DE-B1597)548667 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814783368 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000155507 100 $a20080602d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRough Writing$b[electronic resource] $eEthnic Authorship in Theodore Roosevelt?s America /$fAviva F. Taubenfeld 210 1$aNew York ;$aLondon :$cNew York University Press,$d[2008] 210 4$dİ2008 215 $a1 online resource (252 p.) 225 1 $aNation of Newcomers 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8147-8291-4 311 $a0-8147-8290-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 215-226) and index. 327 $aCONTENTS; 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 330 $aAs the United States struggled to absorb a massive influx of ethnically diverse immigrants at the turn of the twentieth century, the question of who and what an American is took on urgent intensity. It seemed more critical than ever to establish a definition by which Americanness could be established, transmitted, maintained, and judged. Americans of all stripes sought to articulate and enforce their visions of the nation's past, present, and future; central to these attempts was President Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt fully recognized the narrative component of American identity, and he calle 410 0$aNation of Newcomers 606 $aImmigrants$zUnited States$xIntellectual life 606 $aAmerican literature$xMinority authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aNational characteristics, American, in literature 606 $aEthnicity in literature 606 $aRhetoric$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States$xHistory 607 $aUnited States$xIntellectual life$y1865-1918 608 $aElectronic books. 610 $aAmerica. 610 $aAmerican. 610 $aRoosevelts. 610 $aethnic. 610 $aexamines. 610 $aimmigrant. 610 $aimplications. 610 $aliterature. 610 $aplace. 610 $asurprising. 610 $awriting. 615 0$aImmigrants$xIntellectual life. 615 0$aAmerican literature$xMinority authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aNational characteristics, American, in literature. 615 0$aEthnicity in literature. 615 0$aRhetoric$xPolitical aspects$xHistory. 676 $a973.91/1092 700 $aTaubenfeld$b Aviva F$01567630 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790010103321 996 $aRough Writing$93839140 997 $aUNINA