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American Crucible

Paperback • 2017 • 1. edition

American Crucible

By Gary Gerstle

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About the book

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 civic and racial nationalism, arguing that both profoundly shaped our society. After Theodore Roosevelt led his Rough Riders to victory during the Span...Show more

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9780691173276

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Princeton University Press

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2017

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1

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American Crucible

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Paperback

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