American beliefs
Subtitle: what keeps a big country and a diverse people united
By: John Harmon McElroy.
Publisher: I.R. Dee
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
Subjects: National characteristics, American; Values -- United States; Pluralism (Social sciences) -- United States; United States -- Social life and customs
Description: Why do so many different people with widely dissimilar ideas and customs get along as Americans? In American Beliefs, John McElroy identifies and explains those essential ideas of American culture that promote the unity of a vast nation and a diverse people - because they have been shared and acted upon by generations of Americans.

American Beliefs is a book greatly needed, a powerful antidote to the many examinations of American culture that concentrate on the differences among Americans. Here, instead, is why they are so much alike.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-252) and index.