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We Are All Americans, Pure and Simple [electronic resource] : Theodore Roosevelt and the Myth of Americanism / Leroy G. Dorsey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dorsey, Leroy G., 1959-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Cultural assimilation--History.
- African Americans.
- Indians of North America--Cultural assimilation--History.
- Indians of North America.
- Immigrants--United States--History.
- Immigrants.
- Americanization--History.
- Americanization.
- National characteristics, American.
- Rhetoric--Political aspects--History--20th century.
- Rhetoric.
- Rhetoric--Political aspects--History--19th century.
- United States--Ethnic relations--Political aspects.
- United States.
- United States--Race relations--Political aspects.
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919--Political and social views.
- Roosevelt, Theodore.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (233 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-215) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8173-8731-5
- OCLC:
- 860712564
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