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From Many, One : Readings in American Political and Social Thought

Unique among readers in American political and social thought, From Many, One is a broad and balanced anthology that explores the problem of diversity and American political identity throughout American history. From the classic texts of the American political tradition to diverse minority writings, this book offers a wide spectrum of ideas about identity, gender, immigration, race, and religion, and addresses how these issues relate to the concept of national unity. Covering the gamut of viewpoints from majority to minority, from conservative to radical, from assimilationist to separatist, th
eBook, English, 1996
Georgetown University Press, Washington, 1996
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1 online resource (449 pages)
9781589018129, 9780585304618, 1589018125, 0585304610
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introductory Essay: From Many, One; PART I: American Unity and Diversity: Political Principles and National Identity; Editor's Introduction to Part 1; The Declaration of Independence: The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America In Congress, July 4, 1776; The Anti-Federalists: Brutus and Cato; The Federalist Papers (1787); Farewell Address (1796); Sleep Not Longer, O Choctaws and Chickasaws
Father, Listen! The Americans Have Not Yet Defeated Us By Land
A Disquisition on Government (1853). ""The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions"" Address Before the Springfield Young Men's Lyceum, January 27, 1838""Gettysburg Address"" (1863); ""The Significance of the Frontier in American History"" (1893); ""The Uniformity of American Life"" from The American Commonwealth (1908); Suggestions for Further Reading; PART II: Gender and Politics: Citizenship, Equality, and Difference; Editor's Introduction to Part II; Letters of Abigail and John Adams (1776); ""The Sentiments of an American Woman"" (1780); ""On the Equality of the Sexes"" (1790). Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, et al., (Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions) Seneca Falls (1848)""A'n't I A Woman?"" (1851); ""Constitutional Argument"" (1872); ""Address to the Founding Convention of the The National American Woman Suffrage Association"" (1890); ""Woman Suffrage"" (1917); The National Organization for Women, ""Statement of Purpose"" (1966); ""Feminism: A Movement to End Sexist Oppression"" (1984); ""The Sexual Politics of the First Amendment"" (1986); Suggestions for Further Reading. PART III: Immigration and National Identity: From the Melting Pot to MulticulturalismEditor's Introduction to Part III; ""Letters From an American Farmer, "" (1782); ""Report on the Resolutions ... Concerning the Alien and Sedition Acts"" (1799); ""America for Americans"" and ""The Silent Scourge"" (1855); ""True Americanism"" (1897); ""Democracy Versus the Melting-Pot: A Study of American Nationality"" (1915); ""Nationalizing Education, "" Address to the National Education Association (1916); Korematsu v. United States, 323 U.S. 214 (1944); Plyler v. Doe, 457 U.S. 202 (1982). ""Multicultumlism and Individualism"" (1994)Suggestions for Further Reading; PART IV: Race and Politics: Two Americas or One?; Editor's Introduction to Part IV; ""An Address to the Inhabitants of the British Settlements in America Upon Slave-Keeping"" (1773); ""Slavery in Massachusetts"" (1854); ""Cannibals All! Or, Slaves Without Masters"" (1857); ""Second Inaugural Address"" (1865); ""Oration in Memory of Abraham Lincoln"" (1876); ""The Conservation of Races"" (1897); ""On Being Ashamed of Oneself"" (1933); ""Democracy and Education"" (1896); ""The Negro and his Weakness"" (1935)
""Be King of Circumstances"" (1935)
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