We the People - The 500-Year Battle Over Who Is American

"We the People." The Constitution begins with those deceptively simple words, but how do Americans define that "We"? In We the People, Ben Railton argues that throughout our history two competing yet interconnected concepts have battled to define our national identity and community: exclusionary and inclusive visions of who gets to be an American.

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By Benjamin Railton

Summary

"We the People." The Constitution begins with those deceptively simple words, but how do Americans define that "We"? In We the People, Ben Railton argues that throughout our history two competing yet interconnected concepts have battled to define our national identity and community: exclusionary and inclusive visions of who gets to be an American.

Product details

• Authors: Ben Railton, Benjamin Railton, Railton Benjamin
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9781538128541
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-2854-1
• No. of pages: 172
• Series: American Ways; American Ways
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Migration, immigration & emigration, United States of America, USA, Migration, immigration and emigration, History of the Americas