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Civic ideals : conflicting visions of citizenship in U.S. history /

Is civic identity in the United States really defined by liberal, democratic political principles? Or is U.S. citizenship the product of multiple traditions - not only liberalism and republicanism but also white supremacy, Anglo-Saxon supremacy, Protestant supremacy, and male supremacy? In this powe...

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Main Author: Smith, Rogers M., 1953-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1997.
Series:Yale ISPS series
Subjects and Genres:
Bürger, ...
Weise, ...
Citizenship > United States > History.
Discrimination > Law and legislation > United States > History.
Minorities > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States > History.
Nationalité > États-Unis > Histoire.
Discrimination > Droit > États-Unis > Histoire.
Minorités > Droit > États-Unis > Histoire.
89.42 internal relations of the state with civilians.
Citizenship.
Discrimination > Law and legislation.
Minorities > Legal status, laws, etc.
Race relations.
Diskriminierung
Nationale Minderheit
Staatsangehörigkeit.
Bürger.
Burgerschap.
Burgerrechten.
Etnische betrekkingen.
HISTORY.
IMMIGRATION.
LAW.
NATIONALITY.
NATURALIZATION.
UNITED STATES.
United States > Race relations.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
United States.
USA.
United States > Race relations > History.
Weiße.
History.
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Table of Contents:
  • The hidden lessons of American citizenship laws
  • Fierce new world : the colonial sources of American citizenship
  • Forging a revolutionary people, 1763-1776
  • Citizen of small republics : the Confederation era, 1776-1789
  • The Constitution and the quest for national citizenship
  • Attempting national liberal citizenship : the Federalist years, 1789-1801
  • Toward a commercial nation of white yeoman republics : the Jeffersonian era, 1801-1829
  • High noon of the white republic : the age of Jackson, 1829-1856
  • Dred Scott unchained : the bloody birth of the free labor republic, 1857-1866
  • The America that "never was" / the radical hour, 1866-1876
  • The gilded age of ascriptive Americanism, 1876-1898
  • Progressivism and the new American empire, 1898-1912
  • Epilogue : the party of America.

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