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Who Counts as an American?: The Boundaries of National Identity

Paperback • 2009

Who Counts as an American?: The Boundaries of National Identity

By Elizabeth A. Theiss-Morse

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About the book

Why is national identity such a potent force in people's lives? And is the force positive or negative? In this thoughtful and provocative book, Elizabeth Theiss-Morse develops a social theory of national identity and uses a national survey, focus groups, and experiments to answer these important questions in the American context. Her results show that the combination of group commitment and the setting of exclusive boundaries on the national group affects how people behave toward their fellow Am...Show more

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9780521756952

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2009

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Who Counts as an American?: The Boundaries of National Identity

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