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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-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: We Are All Americans, Pure and Simple [[electronic resource] ] : Theodore Roosevelt and the Myth of Americanism / / Leroy G. Dorsey Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2007
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (233 p.)
Disciplina: 973.91
973.91/1092
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8173-8731-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910790893103321
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