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Book SynopsisExplores the manner in which Americans have discussed and practiced their patriotism. This volume examines the use of patriotic language and symbols in building unity in the early republic, rebuilding the nation after the Civil War, and sustaining loyalty in an increasingly diverse society.
Trade Review"This book is worthy of sustained interest because it offers provocative insights into the vexed nature of our affection for the American republic."--David Emory Shi, Christian Science Monitor
Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Attractions of Patriotism3Ch. 1Teaching Patriotism: Private Virtue for the Public Good in the Early Republic19Ch. 2"Blood Brotherhood": The Racialization of Patriotism, 1865-191853Ch. 3Labor Republicanism, Race, and Popular Patriotism in the Era of Empire, 1890-191482Ch. 4Reading the Flag: A Reconsideration of the Patriotic Cults of the 1890s102Ch. 5A Christian Nation: Signs of a Covenant120Ch. 6Women, Citizenship, and Civic Sacrifice: Engendering Patriotism in the First World War139Ch. 7Patriotism in Orange: The Memory of World War I in a Massachusetts Town160Ch. 8Dreaming in Black and White: African-American Patriotism and World War II Bonds191Ch. 9In the Mirror of the Enemy: Japanese Political Culture and the Peculiarities of American Patriotism in World War II211Ch. 10"Good Americans": Nationalism and Domesticity in Life Magazine, 1945-1960231Ch. 11Dilemmas of Beset Nationhood: Patriotism, the Family, and Economic Change in the 1970s and 1980s251Ch. 12Exalting "U.S.ness": Patriotic Rituals of the Daughters of the American Revolution273Ch. 13Moral Patriotism and Collective Memory in Whiting, Indiana, 1920-1992290Ch. 14"Talking Lords Who Dare Not Face the Foe": Civilian Rule and the Military Notion of Patriotism in the Clinton Presidency305Afterword: Nationalism in Europe323Contributors341Index343
