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Everett Helmut Akam - Transnational America - 9780742521988 - V9780742521988
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Transnational America

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Description for Transnational America paperback. The uniqueness of the many American ethnicities provides the roots of US identity, yet recognizing those differences often makes Americans feel isolated from the whole. This work relies on the tradition of cultural pluralism to argue that unity and individuality are not mutually exclusive. Series: American Intellectual Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
In Transnational America, Everett Akam brilliantly addresses one of the most fundamental issues of our time—how Americans might achieve a sense of racial and ethnic identity while simultaneously retaining the common ground of shared traditions and citizenship. Akam's study transcends the current debates over multiculturalism and cultural pluralism by retrieving the tradition of cultural pluralist thought neglected since the first half of the twentieth century. He argues that thinkers such as Randolph Bourne, John Collier, Horace Kallen, and Alain Locke sought to reconcile diversity and community by challenging the cults of individualism, universal reason, and assimilation typical of their age. ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Series
American Intellectual Culture
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780742521988
SKU
V9780742521988
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About Everett Helmut Akam
Everett Helmut Akam is professor of history at Casper College.

Reviews for Transnational America
Well organized. Recommended. . . . Excellent for graduate students and above.
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Looking to a neglected past, Everett Akam offers a richer perspective on the tensions between diversity and community than that afforded by contemporary 'identity politics' and its critics. Carefully recovering the insights of an earlier generation of 'cultural pluralists,' he evokes a compelling vision of ... Read more

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