Race and the Production of Modern American Nationalism (Hardcover)

This important book addresses the ways race has both helped and hindered Americans in determining national identity. Contributors consider race and American nationalism from a variety of historical and disciplinary vantage points. Beginning with the aftermath of the Civil War and unfolding chronologically through to the present, the essays examine a multitude of different groups-Japanese Americans, Chinese Americans, Puerto Ricans, African Americans, whites, Jews, Irish Americans, German Americans-by examining race and nationalism represented in public memorials, photography, film, classic and minor literature, gender issues, legal studies, and more. The book offers rereadings of some of the pivotal figures in American culture and politics, including Herman Melville, Frances Harper, William James, Frederic Remington, Charles Francis Adams, W. E. B. DuBois, George Creel, Zora Neale Hurston, Louis Chu, and others. In the course of these essays, readers will learn how Americans in different periods and circumstances have grappled with the changing issues of defining race and of defining "American" as a race, as a nationality, or as both.

General

Imprint:	Crc Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Wellesley Studies in Critical Theory, Literary History and Culture
Release date:	December 1998
First published:	1999
Editors:	Reynolds J. Scott-Childress
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	420
ISBN-13:	978-0-8153-2016-6
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Area / regional studies > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Nationalism Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Multicultural studies > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8153-2016-7
Barcode:	9780815320166

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