Learning one's native tongue : citizenship, contestation, and conflict in America / Tracy B. Strong.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Strong, Tracy B., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Citizenship--United States--History.

Citizenship.

United States.

History.

Citizenship--Political aspects--United States.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 329 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2019.

Summary:

"Tracy Strong explores the development of the concept of American citizenship and of what it means to belong to this country, beginning with the Puritans in the 17th century and continuing to the present day. He examines in detail the conflicts over what citizenship means as reflected in the writings and speeches of America's leading thinkers and leaders ranging from John Winthrop and Roger Williams, to Thomas Jefferson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Franklin Roosevelt, among others who have participated in our cultural and political debates. We see how the requirements and demands of citizenship have been discussed and better understand how groups are defined into and out of the American nation"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

For what America? Two visions

To what does one awaken?

Defining boundaries

Abraham Lincoln

Civil war, citizenship, and collectivity

Populism and socialism

America moves into the wider world: the labor movement and the example of the USSR

Whither progressive politics?

The politics of "at home" aboard

Where do all these stories go? The 1960s, the New Left, and beyond

At home alone: the problems of citizenship in our age.

Notes:

Includes index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9780226623221

022662322X

9780226623191

022662319X

OCLC:

1085638908