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Author |
: Thomas R. Pegram |
Publisher |
: Ivan R. Dee |
Total Pages |
: 299 |
Release |
: 2011-10-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781566639224 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1566639220 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis One Hundred Percent American by : Thomas R. Pegram
In the 1920s, a revived Ku Klux Klan burst into prominence as a self-styled defender of American values, a magnet for white Protestant community formation, and a would-be force in state and national politics. But the hooded bubble burst at mid-decade, and the social movement that had attracted several million members and additional millions of sympathizers collapsed into insignificance. Since the 1990s, intensive community-based historical studies have reinterpreted the 1920s Klan. Rather than the violent, racist extremists of popular lore and current observation, 1920s Klansmen appear in these works as more mainstream figures. Sharing a restrictive American identity with most native-born white Protestants after World War I, hooded knights pursued fraternal fellowship, community activism, local reforms, and paid close attention to public education, law enforcement (especially Prohibition), and moral/sexual orthodoxy. No recent general history of the 1920s Klan movement reflects these new perspectives on the Klan. One Hundred Percent American incorporates them while also highlighting the racial and religious intolerance, violent outbursts, and political ambition that aroused widespread opposition to the Invisible Empire. Balanced and comprehensive, One Hundred Percent American explains the Klan's appeal, its limitations, and the reasons for its rapid decline in a society confronting the reality of cultural and religious pluralism.
Author |
: Thomas R. Pegram |
Publisher |
: Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages |
: 299 |
Release |
: 2011-10-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781566637114 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1566637112 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (14 Downloads) |
Synopsis One Hundred Percent American by : Thomas R. Pegram
The Klan in 1920s society -- Building a white, protestant community -- Defining Americanism: white supremacy and anti-Catholicism -- Learning Americanism: the Klan and public schools -- Dry Americanism: prohibition, law, and culture -- The problem of hooded violence -- The search for political influence and the collapse of the Klan movement -- Echoes.
Author |
: Michael Harrington |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 254 |
Release |
: 1997-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780684826783 |
ISBN-13 |
: 068482678X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Other America by : Michael Harrington
Examines the economic underworld of migrant farm workers, the aged, minority groups, and other economically underprivileged groups.
Author |
: Philip R. DeVita |
Publisher |
: Waveland Press |
Total Pages |
: 272 |
Release |
: 2015-12-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781478632429 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1478632429 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (29 Downloads) |
Synopsis Distant Mirrors by : Philip R. DeVita
Most young students of American culture believe many of the cultural assumptions they grow up with are universal. As insiders, speaking a common language, following the accepted patterns of behavior embedded in a particular way of life, most of us take our own social actions for granted, and it is a challenge to realize the strangeness and wonder of our own behaviors. The distinct aim of each edition of this popular classroom supplement has been to enable students to better understand themselves by casting American culture into sharper relief—offering other mirrors, other reflections. The latest edition’s twenty-one personalized narratives, of which seven are new, unveil fresh portrayals of American culture. Each contribution offers unique ethnographic perspectives of various aspects of American culture that enable us to better understand ourselves.
Author |
: Rutledge |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 34 |
Release |
: 2022-05-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781646043682 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1646043685 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (82 Downloads) |
Synopsis One Hundred Percent Me by : Rutledge
A heartwarming story about the joys of multicultural families and being mixed race. One Hundred Percent Me takes readers (ages 4 to 8) along as a young girl explores and accepts her unique identity. It can be confusing to be a child of mixed race. As the little girl moves through daily life in the big city, she hears some people say she looks more like her Puerto Rican dad, while others claim she takes after her Filipina mom. Should she favor one identity over the other? No! In fact, honoring every facet of her identity equally becomes the main character’s favorite affirmation. This beautifully illustrated book about celebrating differences, claiming our belonging, and acknowledging our heritage encourages all readers to embrace the fact that we are all 100% ourselves.
Author |
: Ralph Linton |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 1964 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:67583426 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Study of Man by : Ralph Linton
Author |
: Richard P. Horwitz |
Publisher |
: Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages |
: 420 |
Release |
: 2001 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0842028293 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780842028295 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Synopsis The American Studies Anthology by : Richard P. Horwitz
A rich and rewarding subject of popular imagination, the United States is compellingly portrayed in this first anthology designed specifically for American studies courses. Offering an indispensable introduction to the long and varied history of generalizing about America, leading scholar Richard Horwitz has compiled the definitive anthology for American studies and American culture courses. Brimming with imaginative selections, the reader contains essays, plays, songs, comedy, legal documents, speeches, and poems by a rich array of authors-both domestic and international-whose writings echo recurring American themes. Collectively, the anthology identifies the ways in which scholars and popularizers have attempted to characterize America. Horwitz's insightful introduction summarizes key themes in the study of American culture as he traces the history of the field as well as current controversies. He avoids heavy jargon yet presents a nuanced view of the foundational works in American studies. Preceding the readings with concise, informative introductions, Horwitz seamlessly guides the reader through this distinctive collection.
Author |
: Frederick Jackson Turner |
Publisher |
: Penguin UK |
Total Pages |
: 92 |
Release |
: 2008-08-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780141963310 |
ISBN-13 |
: 014196331X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Significance of the Frontier in American History by : Frederick Jackson Turner
This hugely influential work marked a turning point in US history and culture, arguing that the nation’s expansion into the Great West was directly linked to its unique spirit: a rugged individualism forged at the juncture between civilization and wilderness, which – for better or worse – lies at the heart of American identity today. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves – and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives – and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.
Author |
: Phillip Lopate |
Publisher |
: Anchor |
Total Pages |
: 929 |
Release |
: 2021-10-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780525436270 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0525436278 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (70 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Glorious American Essay by : Phillip Lopate
A monumental, canon-defining anthology of three centuries of American essays, from Cotton Mather and Benjamin Franklin to David Foster Wallace and Zadie Smith—selected by acclaimed essayist Phillip Lopate "Not only an education but a joy. This is a book for the ages." —Rivka Galchen, author of Atmospheric Disturbances The essay form is an especially democratic one, and many of the essays Phillip Lopate has gathered here address themselves—sometimes critically—to American values. We see the Puritans, the Founding Fathers and Mothers, and the stars of the American Renaissance struggle to establish a national culture. A grand tradition of nature writing runs from Audubon, Thoreau, and John Muir to Rachel Carson and Annie Dillard. Marginalized groups use the essay to assert or to complicate notions of identity. Lopate has cast his net wide, embracing critical, personal, political, philosophical, literary, polemical, autobiographical, and humorous essays. Americans by birth as well as immigrants appear here, famous essayists alongside writers more celebrated for fiction or poetry. The result is a dazzling overview of the riches of the American essay.
Author |
: Robert D. Putnam |
Publisher |
: Simon & Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 592 |
Release |
: 2020-10-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781982130848 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1982130849 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (48 Downloads) |
Synopsis Bowling Alone: Revised and Updated by : Robert D. Putnam
Updated to include a new chapter about the influence of social media and the Internet—the 20th anniversary edition of Bowling Alone remains a seminal work of social analysis, and its examination of what happened to our sense of community remains more relevant than ever in today’s fractured America. Twenty years, ago, Robert D. Putnam made a seemingly simple observation: once we bowled in leagues, usually after work; but no longer. This seemingly small phenomenon symbolized a significant social change that became the basis of the acclaimed bestseller, Bowling Alone, which The Washington Post called “a very important book” and Putnam, “the de Tocqueville of our generation.” Bowling Alone surveyed in detail Americans’ changing behavior over the decades, showing how we had become increasingly disconnected from family, friends, neighbors, and social structures, whether it’s with the PTA, church, clubs, political parties, or bowling leagues. In the revised edition of his classic work, Putnam shows how our shrinking access to the “social capital” that is the reward of communal activity and community sharing still poses a serious threat to our civic and personal health, and how these consequences have a new resonance for our divided country today. He includes critical new material on the pervasive influence of social media and the internet, which has introduced previously unthinkable opportunities for social connection—as well as unprecedented levels of alienation and isolation. At the time of its publication, Putnam’s then-groundbreaking work showed how social bonds are the most powerful predictor of life satisfaction, and how the loss of social capital is felt in critical ways, acting as a strong predictor of crime rates and other measures of neighborhood quality of life, and affecting our health in other ways. While the ways in which we connect, or become disconnected, have changed over the decades, his central argument remains as powerful and urgent as ever: mending our frayed social capital is key to preserving the very fabric of our society.