TY - BOOK AU - Renshon,Stanley A. TI - The 50% American: immigration and national identity in an age of terror SN - 1589010671 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - JK 1759 R421f 2005 U1 - 323.6 PY - 2005/// CY - Washington, D.C. : PB - Georgetown University Press KW - Americanization KW - Americanización KW - National characteristics, American KW - Immigrants KW - United States KW - Social conditions KW - Inmigrantes KW - Condiciones sociales KW - Estados Unidos KW - Emigration and immigration KW - Government policy KW - Emigración e inmigración KW - Política gubernamental KW - Características nacionales N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -