The 50% American : immigration and national identity in an age of terror /
Fifty percent American
Stanley A. Renshon.
- Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, 2005.
- xxi, 273 pages ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
American democracy and the dilemmas of dual citizenship -- American national identity: the framework -- the search for the missing link / American national identity -- a theory / American national identity -- The domestic challenges to American national identity -- Multiculturalism and American national identity -- Hyphenation and American national identity -- The global challenges to American national identity -- Transnationalism and American national identity -- Why not a transnational American national identity -- The development of national identity -- Do multiple national attachments equal conflicted national loyalties? -- some modest proposals / Reforming dual citizenship -- some modest proposals / Becoming American. Table of contents online: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0510/2005008371.html.
Presents an examination of American immigration policy and how it affects national identity, exploring the issues related to United States policy to allow its citizens one or more foreign citizenships, and its ramifications on patriotism and civic process.
Americanization. Americanización National characteristics, American. Immigrants--Social conditions.--United States Inmigrantes --Condiciones sociales --Estados Unidos
United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy. Estados Unidos--Emigración e inmigración--Política gubernamental Estados Unidos --Características nacionales