Barbarian virtues
Subtitle: the United States encounters foreign peoples at home and abroad, 1876-1917
By: Matthew Frye Jacobson.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Hill and Wang
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
Subjects: Nationalism -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Nationalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Political culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Political culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century; National characteristics, American; United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1933; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1865-1921; United States -- Ethnic relations; United States -- Race relations
Description: "The United States first announced its power on the international scene at the Centennial Exhibition in 1876 and first demonstrated that power during World War I. The years in between were a period of dramatic change, when the dynamics of industrialization rapidly accelerated the rate at which Americans were coming in contact with foreign peoples, both at home and abroad.".

"In Barbarian Virtues, Matthew Frye Jacobson shows how American conceptions of peoplehood, citizenship, and national identity were transformed in these crucial years by the escalation of economic and military involvement abroad and by the massive influx of immigrants at home."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.