Civic ideals : conflicting visions of citizenship in U.S. history
Is civic identity in the United States really defined by liberal, democratic political principles? Or is U.S. citizenship the product of multiple traditions - not only liberalism and republicanism but also white supremacy, Anglo-Saxon supremacy, Protestant supremacy, and male supremacy? In this powerful and disturbing book, Rogers Smith traces political struggles over U.S. citizenship laws from the colonial period through the Progressive era and shows that throughout this time, most adults were legally denied access to full citizenship, including political rights, solely because of their race, ethnicity, or gender. Basic conflicts over these denials have driven political development in the U.S., Smith argues. These conflicts are what truly define U.S. civic identity up to this day
History
x, 719 pages ; 25 cm
9780300069891, 9780300078770, 0300069898, 0300078773
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The hidden lessons of American citizenship laws
Fierce new world : the colonial sources of American citizenship
Forging a revolutionary people, 1763-1776
Citizen of small republics : the Confederation era, 1776-1789
The Constitution and the quest for national citizenship
Attempting national liberal citizenship : the Federalist years, 1789-1801
Toward a commercial nation of white yeoman republics : the Jeffersonian era, 1801-1829
High noon of the white republic : the age of Jackson, 1829-1856
Dred Scott unchained : the bloody birth of the free labor republic, 1857-1866
The America that "never was" / the radical hour, 1866-1876
The gilded age of ascriptive Americanism, 1876-1898
Progressivism and the new American empire, 1898-1912
Epilogue : the party of America
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