The lost promise of patriotism
Subtitle: debating American identity, 1890-1920
By: Jonathan M. Hansen.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Chicago, IL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
Description: During the years leading up to World War I, America experienced a crisis of civic identity. How could a country founded on liberal principles and composed of increasingly diverse cultures unite to safeguard individuals and promote social justice? In this book, Jonathan Hansen tells the story of a group of American intellectuals who believed the solution to this crisis lay in rethinking the meaning of liberalism.