Liberalism, Religion, and the Dilemma of Immigrant Rights in American Political Culture
The story of millions of people coming from various old worlds to the promise and potential of a new world is built deeply into American national mythology. Sometimes the narrative emphasizes the Anglo-Saxon origins of the pilgrims, the founding of the city on the hill, and the spread of the newly f...
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Published in | Religion and Social Justice For Immigrants p. 16 |
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Format | Book Chapter |
Language | English |
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Rutgers University Press
18.10.2006
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Summary: | The story of millions of people coming from various old worlds to the promise and potential of a new world is built deeply into American national mythology. Sometimes the narrative emphasizes the Anglo-Saxon origins of the pilgrims, the founding of the city on the hill, and the spread of the newly formed American culture out of New England. Other times the focus is on the waves of new immigrants that traveled through Ellis Island and other points of entry to new lives and middle-class prosperity in an industrializing nation. The recent counternarrative involves the millions of ethnic and racial minorities |
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ISBN: | 0813539080 9780813539089 |