Hanging together : unity and diversity in American culture / John Higham ; edited by Carl J. Guarneri.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-305) and index.

Preface -- Introduction -- I : Tracing unities -- Hanging together : divergent unities in American history ; America in person : the evolution of national symbols ; Rediscovering the pragmatic American -- Specialization in a democracy -- II : Integrating diversity -- Integrating America : the problem of assimilation at the turn of the century ; Immigration and American mythology ; Pluralistic integration as an American model ; Three postwar reconstructions -- III : Turning points -- From boundlessness to consolidation : the transformation of American culture, 1848-1860 ; America's utopian prophets ; Reorientation of American culture in the 1890s ; Long road to the New Deal -- IV : Prospects -- Multiculturalism and universalism : a history and critique ; Future of American history.

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How has America, with its many ethnic, class, and ideological divisions, allowed divergent groups to 'hang together' as Americans? This book explores the ways in which Americans have conceived of a national identity and demonstrates that an appreciation of America's kaleidoscopic diversity can be reconciled with an affirmation of its common national culture.

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