Title Immigration, assimilation, and the cultural construction of American national identity / Shannon Latkin Anderson

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Description 1 online resource (x, 243 pages .) Series Routledge research in race and ethnicity ; 14 Routledge research in race and ethnicity ; 14. Contents Introduction: Immigration, assimilation, and national identity -- Part I. Horace Kallen and a new narrative, 1905-1925 -- Mass immigration, prelude to war, and narratives of the nation -- Kallen's pluralist challenge -- Part II. Glazer and Moynihan challenge the melting pot, 1950-1970 -- A time for American power (and melting?) -- Glazer and Moynihan's claim : many and one -- Part III. Huntington's return to Americanism, 1985-2005 -- Multiculturalism and a domestic clash -- Huntington's fear : e pluribus pluribus -- Anglo-America under review -- Conclusion: The meanings of America Summary "Over the course of the 20th century, there have been three primary narratives of American national identity: the melting pot, Anglo-Protestantism, and cultural pluralism/multi-culturalism. This book offers a social and historical perspective on what shaped each of these imaginings, when each came to the fore, and which appear especially relevant early in the 21st century. These issues are addressed by looking at the United States and elite notions of the meaning of America across the 20th century, centering on the work of Horace Kallen, Nathan Glazer and Daniel Patrick Moynihan, and Samuel P. Huntington. Four structural areas are examined in each period: the economy, involvement in foreign affairs, social movements, and immigration. What emerges is a narrative arc whereby immigration plays a clear and crucial role in shaping cultural stories of national identity as written by elite scholars. These stories are represented in writings throughout all three periods, and in such work we see the intellectual development and specification of the dominant narratives, along with challenges to each. Important conclusions include a keen reminder that identities are often formed along borders both external and internal, that structure and culture operate dialectically, and that national identity is hardly a monolithic, static formation"--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Kallen, Horace Meyer, 1882-1974 -- Political and social views Glazer, Nathan -- Political and social views Moynihan, Daniel P. (Daniel Patrick), 1927-2003 -- Political and social views Huntington, Samuel P. -- Political and social views SUBJECT Glazer, Nathan fast Huntington, Samuel P. fast Kallen, Horace Meyer, 1882-1974 fast Moynihan, Daniel P. (Daniel Patrick), 1927-2003 fast Subject National characteristics, American -- History Nationalism -- United States -- History Cultural pluralism -- United States -- History Americanization -- History Protestantism -- Political aspects -- United States -- History Americanization Cultural pluralism Emigration and immigration -- Political aspects National characteristics, American Nationalism Political and social views Protestantism -- Political aspects SUBJECT United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Political aspects -- History Subject United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781315657677 1315657678 9781317328766 1317328760 9781317328742 1317328744 9781317328759 1317328752

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