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The Disuniting of America

By Schlesinger, Arthur Meier

The Disuniting of America Books

The Disuniting of America

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The classic image of the American nation - a melting pot in which differences of race, wealth, religion, and nationality are submerged in democracy - is being replaced by an orthodoxy that celebrates difference and abandons assimilation. While this upsurge in ethnic awareness has had many healthy consequences in a nation shamed by a history of prejudice, the cult of ethnicity, if pressed too far, threatens to fragment American society to a dangerous degree. Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner in history and adviser to the Kennedy and other administrations, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., is uniquely positioned to wave the caution flag in the race to a politics of identity. Using a broader canvas in this updated and expanded edition, he examines the international dimension and the lessons of one polyglot country after another tearing itself apart or on the brink of doing so: among them the former Yugoslavia, Nigeria, even Canada. Closer to home, he finds troubling new evidence that multiculturalism gone awry here in the United States threatens to do the same. "One of the most devastating and articulate attacks on multiculturalism yet to appear."-Wall Street Journal "A brilliant book . . . we owe Arthur Schlesinger a great debt of gratitude."-C. Vann Woodward, New Republic
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
2
Number of Pages:
208
Release Date:
1998-09-01
Publication Date:
1998-09-17
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0393318540
ISBN13:
9780393318548
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
245 g
Height:
139 cm
Width:
207 cm
Thickness:
14 cm
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