Title

Who are we?: the challenges to America's national identity.

Description

Samuel Hintington's study of the erosion of American national identity.

Identifier

1189578

684870533

Creator

Huntington, Samuel P

Source

Brian Lamb Booknotes Collection

Gift of Brian Lamb, 2011.

Catalog record

Language

eng

Date

2004

Program air date: June 13, 2004

Publisher

Simon & Schuster

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections & Archives

Text

Transcription of Annotations
Notes on front and back end papers concerning foundations of America's national identity and its disintegration, the American Creed, ideologies behind the founding of America, the influx of non-Protestant immigrants, and patriotic rituals and symbols, including the Statue of Liberty and the Columbian Exposition. Examples include: "embodied in American Creed - liberty, equality, human rights, rule of law, private property, individualism," "salience," "Americans have a fierce spirit of liberty," "today 60% of Americans are Protestants," "Americanizing the immigrant," and "in 2000, 21 million immigrants said they did not speak English well." Brian Lamb asks: "What role has war played?" "What were the 4 Great Awakenings?" "What's the history of teaching history?" and "Why in the 20th century - with exception of the U.S. - have Western countries become more secularized?" Annotations by Brian Lamb in the margins and underlining of pertinent phrases throughout the book. Examples include: "America's greatest achievement," "settlers not immigrants," "concept of race," "fertility rates," "trust in government," and "conservatives endorsed idea of American empire."

Subject

"National characteristics, American."

Relation

Original Booknotes interview

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