2/The book is a decent overview of race relations and conceptions of nationhood and national belonging in America. The people who most need to read this book are people from Canada, UK, Australia, etc. It will help you understand how America is different from your own countries.
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13/More broadly, Gerstle's book shows that Americans have always used a mix of civic nationalism and racial nationalism to define their national identity, and that neither of these traditions has ever been able to vanquish the other.
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14/The big question, going forward, is: Will America continue to define American-ness partly in racial terms? And if so, who will be included, and who, if anyone, will be excluded? This is an incredibly crucial question for our nation, but no one knows the answer. (end)
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I would think that a review of any newspaper’s classified ads during the immediate post-war era would belie that notion decisively.
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