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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:Who Are We: The Challenges to America's National Identityby Samuel P Huntington
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:In his seminal work The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, Samuel Huntington argued provocatively and presciently that with the end of the cold war, "civilizations" were replacing ideologies as the new fault lines in international politics. Now in his controversial new work, Who Are We?, Huntington focuses on an identity crisis closer to home as he examines the impact other civilizations and their values are having on our own country. America was founded by British settlers who brought with them a distinct culture, says Huntington, including the English language, Protestant values, individualism, religious commitment, and respect for law. The waves of immigrants that later came to the United States gradually accepted these values and assimilated into America's Anglo-Protestant culture. More recently, however, our national identity has been eroded by the problems of assimilating massive numbers of primarily Hispanic immigrants and challenged by issues such as bilingualism, multiculturalism, the devaluation of citizenship, and the "denationalization" of American elites. September 11 brought a revival of American patriotism and a renewal of American identity, but already there are signs that this revival is fading. Huntington argues the need for us to reassert the core values that make us Americans. Timely and thought-provoking, Who Are We? is an important book that is certain to shape our national conversation about who we are. Review:"Huntington has written a compelling book on the virtues that make America what it is." -- William McGurn, The Wall Street Journal Review:"Samuel P. Huntington has written a book that poses some of the critical questions facing our nation...[and] tackles these questions with passionate intensity." -- Tamar Jacoby, The Washington Post About the AuthorSamuel P. Huntington is the Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor at Harvard and former chairman of the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies. He is the author or editor of a dozen other books. Table of ContentsContents Foreword Part I: The Issues of Identity Chapter 1. The Crisis of National Identity Salience: Are the Flags Still There? Substance: Who Are We? The Global Identity Crisis Prospects for American Identity Chapter 2. Identities: National and Other The Concept of Identity Others and Enemies Sources of Identity The False Dichotomy Part II: American Identity Chapter 3. Components of American Identity Change, Continuity, and Partial Truths Settlers Before Immigrants More Than the Creed "No Attachment to Place" Race and Ethnicity Chapter 4. Anglo-Protestant Culture The Cultural Core "The Dissidence of Dissent" The American Creed Individualism and the Work Ethic Moralism and the Reform Ethic Chapter 5. Religion and Christianity God, the Cross, and America A Religious People Protestant America and Catholicism A Christian People Civil Religion Chapter 6. Emergence, Triumph, Erosion The Fragility of Nations Creating an American Identity National vs. Other Identities Nation and Patriotism Triumphant Fading Nationalism Part III: Challenges to American Identity Chapter 7. Deconstructing America: The Rise of Subnational Identities The Deconstructionist Movement The Challenge to the Creed The Challenge to English The Challenge to the Core Culture Chapter 8. Assimilation: Converts, Ampersands, and the Erosion of Citizenship Immigration With or Without Assimilation Assimilation: Still a Success? Sources of Assimilation The Immigrants The Immigration Process American Society: Americanization Is Un-American Ampersands and Dual Citizenship Citizens and Noncitizens Alternatives to Americanization Chapter 9. Mexican Immigration and Hispanization The Mexican/Hispanic Challenge Why Mexican Immigration Differs How Mexican Assimilation Lags Individual Assimilation and Enclave Consolidation The Hispanization of Miami The Hispanization of the Southwest Chapter 10. Merging America with the World The Changing Environment The Search for an Enemy Dead Souls: The Denationalization of Elites The Patriotic Public Diasporas, Foreign Governments, and American Politics Part IV: Renewing American Identity Chapter 11. Fault Lines Old and New The Shaping Trends The Ending of Ethnicity Race: Constant, Blurring, Fading White Nativism Bifurcation: Two Languages and Two Cultures? Unrepresentative Democracy: Elites vs. the Public Chapter 12. Twenty-first Century America: Vulnerability, Religion, and National Identity The Creed in an Age of Vulnerability Americans Turn to Religion The Global Resurgence of Religion Militant Islam vs. America America in the World: Cosmopolitan, Imperial, and/or National? Notes Index What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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