We Are All Americans, Pure and Simple [[electronic resource] ] : Theodore Roosevelt and the Myth of Americanism / / Leroy G. Dorsey
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| Autore: |
Dorsey Leroy G. <1959->
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| Titolo: |
We Are All Americans, Pure and Simple [[electronic resource] ] : Theodore Roosevelt and the Myth of Americanism / / Leroy G. Dorsey
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| Pubblicazione: | Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (233 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 973.91 |
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| 973.911092 | |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Ethnic relations Political aspects |
| United States Race relations Political aspects | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | We Are All Americans, Pure and Simple |
| ISBN: | 0-8173-8731-5 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910790893103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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