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Americans
A Collision of Histories
by Edward Countryman
ISBN: 0809015986
ISBN-13: 9780809015986
Format: Paperback
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Summary
An imaginative social history that shows how America's many different ethnic groups have worked together to forge a common national identity
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"...it is useful to have this line of study extended from the arts into public life, from the culture into the American character....a useful contribution to our ever changing, ever more complex, understanding of who we are." -- Jonathan Yardley
-- Washington Post Book World
"Mr. Countryman...offers a solid historical rationale for those who see the United States as a multistranded tapestry rather than a synthetic carpet....The picture of Americans that emerges in this book, then, is diverse in the best sense. In delineating the contours of the nation's ethnic make-up, Mr. Countryman avoids pat generalizations and political partisanship. Although he adds few new facts to the record, he innovatively synthesizes relevant, often unfamiliar information and present it with disarming directness." -- David S. Reynolds
-- New York Times Book Review
"The fairest, most sympathetic, most effectively compact synthesis of the nation's ethnic history that anyone has produced." -- Carlin Romano
-- Boston Sunday Globe
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
Published date: 1997
Size: 5.75 x 8.25 inches
Weight: 0.8 pounds
Publisher's Notes
This book began with a chance encounter. On a summer evening late in the 1980s a young black man stopped me to ask for directions in the English town where I used to live. That was no surprise. Asian, African, Afro-Caribbean, black British, and white people all lived in the neighborhood. His speech, however was American, and I was delighted to hear it. I speak American too, despite my long time overseas, and he was just as glad to hear me.
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Americans
Countryman, Edward
Hill, 1996. Trade. Very Good Softcover. NO spine creases. Gently read. Bookplate on ffep. ( more information) Offered by Remains to be Seen (United States)
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Americans: A Collision of Histories
Edward Countryman
Hill and Wang, 1997-04-14. Paperback. Very Good. Softcover in very good condition. Some visible signs of wear from previous ownership, but still a very good looking copy. May have remainder mark, or a small amount of writing on the inside. ( more information) Offered by Serenity Sales (United States)
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Americans: A Collision of Histories
Edward Countryman
Hill and Wang, 1997-04-14. Paperback. Very Good. This is a softcover(paperback) book. In very good condition, a nice, clean book!! ( more information) Offered by The Book Center (United States)
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Americans: A Collision of Histories (Qty: 2)
Edward Countryman
Hill and Wang, 1997-04-14. Paperback. New. New, unread, unused and in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages, may have a remainder mark. ( more information) Offered by BEST BARGAIN BOOKS WHOLESALER, INC. (United States)
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Edward Countryman
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