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245 10 a| Challenges of diversityh| [electronic resource] :b| essays on America /c| Werner Sollors.;

260 a| New Brunswick, New Jersey :b| Rutgers University Press,c| 2017.;

300 a| vii, 215 pages :b| color illustrations ;c| 23 cm;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "What unites and what divides Americans as a nation? Who are we, and can we strike a balance between an emphasis on our divergent ethnic origins and what we have in common? Opening with a survey of American literature through the vantage point of ethnicity, Werner Sollors examines our evolving understanding of ourselves as an Anglo-American nation to a multicultural one and the key role writing has played in that process. Challenges of Diversity contains stories of American myths of arrival (pilgrims at Plymouth Rock, slave ships at Jamestown, steerage passengers at Ellis Island), the powerful rhetoric of egalitarian promise in the Declaration of Independence and the heterogeneous ends to which it has been put, and the recurring tropes of multiculturalism over time (e pluribus unum, melting pot, cultural pluralism). Sollors suggests that although the transformation of this settler country into a polyethnic and self-consciously multicultural nation may appear as a story of great progress toward the fulfillment of egalitarian ideals, deepening economic inequality actually exacerbates the divisions among Americans today"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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Challenges of diversity essays on America / Werner Sollors.

Author/creator	Sollors, Werner
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 2017.
Description	vii, 215 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	National characteristics, American, in literature. American literature--History and criticism. Multiculturalism in literature. Ethnicity in literature. Race in literature. Immigrants in literature.

Abstract	"What unites and what divides Americans as a nation? Who are we, and can we strike a balance between an emphasis on our divergent ethnic origins and what we have in common? Opening with a survey of American literature through the vantage point of ethnicity, Werner Sollors examines our evolving understanding of ourselves as an Anglo-American nation to a multicultural one and the key role writing has played in that process. Challenges of Diversity contains stories of American myths of arrival (pilgrims at Plymouth Rock, slave ships at Jamestown, steerage passengers at Ellis Island), the powerful rhetoric of egalitarian promise in the Declaration of Independence and the heterogeneous ends to which it has been put, and the recurring tropes of multiculturalism over time (e pluribus unum, melting pot, cultural pluralism). Sollors suggests that although the transformation of this settler country into a polyethnic and self-consciously multicultural nation may appear as a story of great progress toward the fulfillment of egalitarian ideals, deepening economic inequality actually exacerbates the divisions among Americans today"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2017016372
ISBN	9780813589336 (hardback)
ISBN	9780813589329 (paperback)

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