Hanging together : unity and diversity in American culture John Higham ; edited by Carl J. Guarneri

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Higham, John, 1920-

Contributor:

Guarneri, Carl, 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cultural pluralism--United States.

Cultural pluralism.

Group identity--United States.

Group identity.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

United States--Ethnic relations.

United States--Civilization.

National characteristics, American.

Historiography--United States.

Historiography.

Physical Description:

xix, 315 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, c2001.

Contents:

Preface

Introduction

I : Tracing unities

Hanging together : divergent unities in American history ; America in person : the evolution of national symbols ; Rediscovering the pragmatic American

Specialization in a democracy

II : Integrating diversity

Integrating America : the problem of assimilation at the turn of the century ; Immigration and American mythology ; Pluralistic integration as an American model ; Three postwar reconstructions

III : Turning points

From boundlessness to consolidation : the transformation of American culture, 1848-1860 ; America's utopian prophets ; Reorientation of American culture in the 1890s ; Long road to the New Deal

IV : Prospects

Multiculturalism and universalism : a history and critique ; Future of American history.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-305) and index.

Local Notes:

The Balch Ethnic Studies Collection.

ISBN:

0300088183 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

45166674