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024	7		_a10.1515/9781400822843 _2doi
035			_a(DE-B1597)9781400822843
035			_a(DE-B1597)576376
040			_aDE-B1597 _beng _cDE-B1597 _erda
050	0	0	_aHN59.2
050		4	_aHN59.2 _b.H355 1999
072		7	_aPOL007000 _2bisacsh
082	0	4	_a306.0973 _223
084			_aonline - DeGruyter
100	1		_aHall, John A. _eautore
245	1	0	_aIs America Breaking Apart? / _cJohn A. Hall, Charles Lindholm.
264		1	_aPrinceton, NJ : _bPrinceton University Press, _c[2022]
264		4	_c©1999
300			_a1 online resource (184 p.)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
505	0	0	_tFrontmatter -- _tContents -- _tPreface to the Paperback Edition -- _tPreface -- _tIntroduction -- _tPART ONE The growth of political stability -- _t1 The state and the people -- _t2 The national question -- _t3 The challenge of class -- _t4 The world in America, America in the world -- _t5 Reprise -- _tPART TWO Sociability in America -- _t6 Conceptual baselines -- _t7 Sacred values -- _t8 Anti-politics in America -- _t9 Ambivalence about association -- _t10 Ethnicity as choice, race as destiny -- _t11 Two cheers for homogeneity -- _tConclusion -- _tIndex
506	0		_arestricted access _uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec _fonline access with authorization _2star
520			_aIs the United States a nation of materialistic loners whose politics are dictated by ethnic, racial, religious, or sexual identities? This is what America has become in the eyes of many commentators. Americans seem to fear that their society is breaking apart, but how accurate is this portrayal and how justified is the fear? Introducing a balanced viewpoint into this intense debate, John Hall and Charles Lindholm demonstrate that such alarm is unfounded. Here they explore the institutional structures of American society, emphasizing its ability to accommodate difference and reduce conflict. The culture, too, comes under scrutiny: influenced by Calvinistic beliefs, Americans place faith in the individual but demand high moral commitment to the community. Broad in scope and ambition, this short book draws a realistic portrait of a society that is among the most powerful and stable in the world, yet is perennially shaken by self-doubt.Concern over the cohesiveness of American society, Hall and Lindholm argue, is actually a product of a shared cultural belief in human distinctiveness and equality. They find that this shared belief paradoxically leads Americans to exaggerated worries about disunity, since they are afraid that disagreements among co-equals will rend apart a fragile community based solely on consensus and caring. While there is little dissent among Americans over essential values, racism still abounds. Here the authors predict that the homogenizing force of economic participation might still be the key to mending the wounds of racial turmoil.By combining history, sociology, and anthropology, the authors cover a wide range of past and recent challenges to the stability of American society: from the history of unions to affirmative action, from McCarthyism to militant distrust of government, from early prejudice toward Irish and Italian immigrants to current treatment of African Americans. Hall and Lindholm do not skirt the internal contradictions and moral tensions of American society but nonetheless recognize the strength and promise of its institutions and culture. Their book is a vivid, sweeping response to the doomsayers in the reassessment of our society.
538			_aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jul 2022)
650		0	_aIndians of North America _xFolklore.
650		0	_aNational characteristics, American.
650		0	_aSiksika Indians _vLegends.
650		0	_aSocial values _zUnited States.
650		0	_aSociology _zUnited States.
650		7	_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political ideologies / Democracy. _2bisacsh
653			_aAlien and Sedition Act (1798).
653			_aAmericanism as a religion.
653			_aAsians: native attribution.
653			_aBercovitch, Secvan.
653			_aBoorstin, Daniel.
653			_aChinese Exclusion Act (1882).
653			_aCivil Rights Act (1875).
653			_aClayton Act (1914).
653			_aCrockett, Davey.
653			_aFederal Convention, Philadelphia (1787).
653			_aFree-Soilers.
653			_aGarrison, William Lloyd.
653			_aGilded Age.
653			_aGingrich, Newt.
653			_aGreat Awakening.
653			_aGreat Migration.
653			_aHabits of the Heart (Bellah).
653			_aHofstader, Richard.
653			_aJackson, Andrew.
653			_aJefferson, Thomas.
653			_aJim Crow laws.
653			_aKansas-Nebraska Act.
653			_aKennedy, Paul.
653			_aKorean War.
653			_aKu Klux Klan.
653			_aLincoln, Abraham.
653			_aLipset, Seymour Martin.
653			_aMalcolm X.
653			_aMissouri Compromise (1850).
653			_aNation of Islam.
653			_aNational Labor Relations Act (1935).
653			_aPutnam, Robert.
653			_aQueer Nation.
653			_aSpanish-American War.
653			_aanti-Communism.
653			_aanti-miscegenist laws.
653			_acensus categories, American.
653			_adepoliticization (Tocqueville).
653			_adisintegration.
653			_aequity.
653			_aethnicity: in labor strikes.
653			_aforeign policy, U.S. postwar.
653			_ahegemony of America.
653			_aimmigrants: beliefs of.
653			_aindependence movement of American colonies.
653			_amarket, American concept.
653			_aniceness, American.
653			_apaternalism in southern ideology.
653			_apopulist movement.
653			_apresident, American.
653			_ariots: during first World War.
653			_asects and cults.
653			_asocial capital.
700	1		_aLindholm, Charles _eautore
850			_aIT-RoAPU
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9781400822843?locatt=mode:legacy
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400822843
856	4	2	_3Cover _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781400822843/original
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