{"product_id":"american-identities-9780631234319","title":"American Identities","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Identities\u003c\/i\u003e is a dazzling array of primary documents and critical essays culled from American history, literature, memoir, and popular culture that explore major currents and trends in American history from 1945 to the present.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCharts the rich multiplicity of American identities through the different lenses of race, class, and gender, and shaped by common historical social processes such as migration, families, work, and war.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes editorial introductions for the volume and for each reading, and study questions for each selection.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEnables students to engage in the history-making process while developing the skills crucial to interpreting rich and enduring cultural texts.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAccompanied by an instructor''s guide containing reading, viewing, and listening exercises, interview questions, bibliographies, time-lines, and sample excerpts of students'' family histories for course use.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This unique collection has what students (and their teachers) will find absorbing, provocative, and useful in that perennial quest to locate ourselves in a world we may not have made but that we can understand and change.” \u003ci\u003ePaul Lauter, Trinity College\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlternative Contents by Genre x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface: How to Use This Book xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I IDENTITY, FAMILY, AND MEMORY 6\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnderstanding Identity\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Identities and Social Locations: Who Am I? Who Are My People? 8\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGwyn Kirk and Margo Okazawa-Rey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmerican Families in Historical Perspective\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 What We Really Miss About the 1950s 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephanie Coontz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMemory and Community\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Generational Memory in an American Town 29\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Bodnar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Growing Up Asian in America 39\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKesaya E. Noda \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II WORLD WAR II AND THE POSTWAR ERA 1940–1960 46\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWorld War II and American Families\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 War Babies 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaria Fleming Tymoczko\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 From Citizen 13660 56\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMine´ Okubo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Cold War and Domestic Politics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Containment at Home: Cold War, Warm Hearth 65\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eElaine Tyler May\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Problem That Has No Name 71\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBetty Friedan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Civil Rights Revolution, 1945–1960 78\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam H. Chafe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 From Like One of the Family: Conversations from a Domestic’s Life 84\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlice Childress\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFamily Migrations, Urban and Suburban\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Songs of the Chicago Blues 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Halfway to Dick and Jane: A Puerto Rican Pilgrimage 93\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJack Agüeros\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 From Goodbye, Columbus 103\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhilip Roth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART III WAR AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, 1960–1975 112\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Civil Rights Movement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Letter from Birmingham City Jail 114\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMartin Luther King, Jr.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Message to the Grass Roots 119\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMalcolm X\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Songs of the Civil Rights Movement 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStudent Activism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Port Huron Statement 130\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStudents for a Democratic Society\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 The Port Huron Statement at 40 134\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTom Hayden and Richard Flacks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Vietnam War\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 From Working-Class War: American Combat Soldiers and Vietnam 138\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian G. Appy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 From Born on the Fourth of July 143\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRon Kovic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 From Bloods: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Black Veterans 150\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard J. Ford III\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlack and Puerto Rican Power\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Black Power: Its Need and Substance 158\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStokely Carmichael and Charles V. Hamilton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 ‘‘Respect’’ 166\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAretha Franklin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 ‘‘Say It Loud (I’m Black and I’m Proud)’’ 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames Brown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 13-Point Program and Platform 170\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eYoung Lords Party\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWomen’s Lives, Women’s Rights\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Sources of the Second Wave: The Rebirth of Feminism 174\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSara M. Evans\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 NOW Bill of Rights 185\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNational Organization for Women\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 The Liberation of Black Women 187\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePauli Murray\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Jessie Lopez De La Cruz: The Battle for Farmworkers’ Rights 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEllen Cantarow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe American Indian Movement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 This Country Was a Lot Better Off When the Indians Were Running It 203\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVine Deloria, Jr.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Occupation of Alcatraz Island 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndians of All Tribes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Gay Liberation Movement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Gay Liberation 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn D’Emilio and Estelle B. Freedman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 The Fighting Irishman 218\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA. Damien Martin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 The Drag Queen 226\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRey ‘‘Sylvia Lee’’ Rivera\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New American Right\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 From Suburban Warriors: The Origins of the New American Right 233\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLisa McGirr\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART IV A POSTINDUSTRIAL AND GLOBAL SOCIETY, 1975–2000 240\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeindustrializing America\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 From The Great U-Turn: Corporate Restructuring and the Polarizing of America 242\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBennett Harrison and Barry Bluestone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 From ‘‘It Ain’t No Sin To Be Glad You’re Alive’’: The Promise of Bruce Springsteen 249\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEric Alterman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 A Musical Representation of Work in Postindustrial America 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 Class in America: Myths and Realities (2000) 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGregory Mantsios\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarriage and Family: Modern and Postmodern\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 From Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKristin Luker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40 The Making and Unmaking of Modern Families 281\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJudith Stacey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMulticultural America\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41 From Jasmine 290\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBharati Mukherjee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e42 Growing Up Biracial and Bicultural 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eClaudine Chiawei O’Hearn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e43 From The Business of Fancydancing: Stories and Poems 305\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSherman Alexie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe United States as Borderlands\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e44 Through a Glass Darkly: Toward the Twenty-first Century 309\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRonald Takaki\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e45 ‘‘To live in the Borderlands means you’’ 316\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGloria Anzaldúa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e46 From No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies 318\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNaomi Klein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART V THE FUTURE OF US ALL? 326\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e47 Brave New World: Gray Boys, Funky Aztecs, and Honorary Homegirls 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLynell George\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e48 From The Future of Us All 335\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoger Sanjek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e49 The Society That Unions Can Build 348\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Reynolds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eText and Illustration Credits 359\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 364\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403458355543,"sku":"9780631234319","price":110.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780631234319.jpg?v=1730483531","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/american-identities-9780631234319","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}