American Crucible
Subtitle: Race and Nation in the Twentieth Century
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: August 5, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 472
ISBN-13: 9780691102771
Subjects: American history: from c 1900 -; Multicultural studies; Political science & theory; 20th century; Social Science; History - U.S.; Sociology; USA; Discrimination & Racism; Minority Studies - Ethnic American; United States - 20th Century; American History; History / United States / 20th Century; Political Science and International Relations
First sentence: In the 1890s many American nationalists believed that a good war would impart the unity, vigor, and prosperity that they felt their increasingly troubled and fractious society needed.