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Duke University Press
Language
English
Pages
212

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Subjects
Nativism, Race relations, Xenophobia, National characteristics, American, in literature, Political aspects of Amnesia, Ethnic relations, American National characteristics, Amnesia, Pluralism (Social sciences), Emigration and immigration, Political aspects, Emigration and immigration in literature, Political aspects of Xenophobia, History, Cultural pluralism, Nationale Minderheit, Vreemdelingenhaat, Einwanderung, Xénophobie, Immigratie, Beleid, Aspect politique, Politische Identität, Etnische betrekkingen, Kulturelle Identität, Émigration et immigration, Ethnische Beziehungen, Nationalisme, Culturele identiteit, Verdrängung, Multikulturelle Gesellschaft, Mythevorming, Politische Kultur, Dans la littérature, Histoire, Nationalbewusstsein, National characteristics, american, United states, emigration and immigration, United states, ethnic relations, United states, history, United states, race relations
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Table of Contents

Introduction : nation and immigration
Imagining America : forgetful fathers and the founding myths of the nation
Historicizing America : Tocqueville and the ideology of exceptionalism
Immigrant America : liberal discourse of immigration and the ritual of self-renewal
Discourses of exclusion : nativism and the imagining of a "white nation"
Practices of exclusion : national borders and the disciplining of aliens
Conclusion : remembering 9/11.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-203) and index.

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305.8/00973
Library of Congress
E184.A1 B34 2005, E184.A1B34 2005

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xvii, 212 p. :
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OL3396937M
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2005009528
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59280122
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1008167
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