American crucible : race and nation in the twentieth century / Gary Gerstle.
American crucible : race and nation in the twentieth century / Gary Gerstle.
American crucible : race and nation in the twentieth century / Gary Gerstle.
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Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2001.
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N973.91/44
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English
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xv, 454 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Ch. 1. Theodore Roosevelt's Racialized Nation, 1890-1900 -- Ch. 2. Civic Nationalism and Its Contradictions, 1890-1917 -- Ch. 3. Hardening the Boundaries of the Nation, 1917-1929 -- Ch. 4. The Rooseveltian Nation Ascendant, 1930-1940 -- Ch. 5. Good War, Race War, 1941-1945 -- Ch. 6. The Cold War, An...
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Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2001.
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New Jersey
Date Published
c2001.
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"This sweeping history of twentieth-century America follows the changing and often conflicting ideas about the fundamental nature of American society: Is the United States a social melting pot, as our civic creed warrants, or is full citizenship somehow reserved for those who are white and of the "right" ancestry? Gary Gerstle traces the forces of...
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American crucible : race and nation in the twentieth century / Gary Gerstle.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2001.
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N973.91/44
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74VvQzN8x3qO
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0691102775 (pbk)
069104984X (alk. paper)
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9780691102771 (pbk)
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973.91
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991014503459702626
