We are all Americans, pure and simple : Theodore Roosevelt and the myth of Americanism / Leroy G. Dorsey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dorsey, Leroy G., 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919--Political and social views.

Roosevelt, Theodore.

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.

Rhetoric--Political aspects--History--19th century.

Rhetoric.

Rhetoric--Political aspects--History--20th century.

National characteristics, American.

Americanization--History.

Americanization.

Immigrants--United States--History.

Immigrants.

Ethnic relations.

African Americans--Cultural assimilation.

History.

African Americans.

Indians of North America--Cultural assimilation.

Rhetoric--Political aspects.

Political and social views.

United States.

Indians of North America--Cultural assimilation--History.

Indians of North America.

African Americans--Cultural assimilation--History.

United States--Race relations--Political aspects.

Race relations.

United States--Ethnic relations--Political aspects.

Physical Description:

xii, 218 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2007]

Contents:

1 Roosevelt's Americanism and the Myth of Origin 14

2 Forging Americanism on the Frontier: Immigrants and The Winning of the West 46

3 Red into White: Native Americans and Americanism 69

4 Shaping the African American Image: Americanism and the "Negro Problem" 93

5 From Hero to Traitor to Good Citizen: Americanism and the Campaign against the Hyphen 117.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-215) and index.

ISBN:

9780817315924

0817315926

OCLC:

137324898

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