Beyond citizenship : American identity after globalization / Peter J. Spiro.

By:

Spiro, Peter J

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780199722259
0199722250
0195152182
9780195152180
9781435617841
1435617843
1281158909
9781281158901
9786611158903
6611158901

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Beyond citizenship.DDC classification:

342.7308/3 22

LOC classification:

KF4700 .S65 2008eb

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Contents:

Born American -- Made American -- Not only American -- Take it or leave it American -- American defined -- Beyond American.

Summary: American identity has always been capacious as a concept but narrow in its application. Citizenship has mostly been about being here, either through birth or residence. The territorial premises for citizenship have worked to resolve the peculiar challenges of American identity. But globalization is detaching identity from location. What used to define American was rooted in American space. Now one can be anywhere and be an American, politically or culturally. Against that backdrop, it becomes difficult to draw the boundaries of human community in a meaningful way. Longstanding notions of democ.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-181) and index.

Born American -- Made American -- Not only American -- Take it or leave it American -- American defined -- Beyond American.

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American identity has always been capacious as a concept but narrow in its application. Citizenship has mostly been about being here, either through birth or residence. The territorial premises for citizenship have worked to resolve the peculiar challenges of American identity. But globalization is detaching identity from location. What used to define American was rooted in American space. Now one can be anywhere and be an American, politically or culturally. Against that backdrop, it becomes difficult to draw the boundaries of human community in a meaningful way. Longstanding notions of democ.

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