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Foreword=xv
PART Ⅰ. THE ISSUES OF IDENTITY
Chapter 1. The Crisis of National Identity=3
Salience:Are the Flags Still There?=3
Substance:Who Are We?=8
The Global Identity Crisis=12
Prospects for American Identity=17
Chapter 2. Identities:National and Other=21
The Concept of Identity=21
Others and Enemies=24
Sources of Identity=27
The False Dichotomy=28
PART Ⅱ. AMERICAN IDENTITY
Chapter 3. Components of American Identity=37
Change, Continuity, and Partial Truths=37
Settlers Before Immigrants=38
More Than the Creed=46
"No Attachment to Place"=49
Race and Ethnicity=53
Chapter 4. Anglo-Protestant Culture=59
The Cultural Core=59
"The Dissidence of Dissent"=62
The American Creed=66
Individualism and the Work Ethic=69
Moralism and the Reform Ethic=75
Chapter 5. Religion and Christianity=81
God, the Cross, and America=81
A Religious People=83
Protestant America and Catholicism=92
A Christian People=98
Civil Religion=103
Chapter 6. Emergence, Triumph, Erosion=107
The Fragility of Nations=107
Creating an American Identity=109
National vs. Other Identities=113
Nation and Patriotism Triumphant=119
Fading Nationalism=137
PART Ⅲ. CHALLENGES TO AMERICAN IDENTITY
Chapter 7. Deconstructing America:The Rise of Subnational Identities=141
The Deconstructionist Movement=141
The Challenge to the Creed=146
The Challenge to English=158
The Challenge to the Core Culture=171
Chapter 8. Assimilation:Converts, Ampersands, and the Erosion of Citizenship=178
Immigration With or Without Assimilation=178
Assimilation:Still a Success?=182
Sources of Assimilation=184
The Immigrants=185
The Immigration Process=192
American Society:Americanization Is Un-American=199
Ampersands and Dual Citizenship=204
Citizens and Noncitizens=214
Alternatives to Americanization=220
Chapter 9. Mexican Immigration and Hispanization=221
The Mexican/Hispanic Challenge=221
Why Mexican Immigration Differs=222
How Mexican Assimilation Lags=230
Individual Assimilation and Enclave Consolidation=244
The Hispanization of Miami=247
The Hispanization of the Southwest=251
Chapter 10. Merging America with the World=257
The Changing Environment=257
The Search for an Enemy=258
Dead Souls:The Denationalization of Elites=264
The Patriotic Public=273
Diasporas, Foreign Governments, and American Politics=276
PART Ⅳ. RENEWING AMERICAN IDENTITY
Chapter 11. Fault Lines Old and New=295
The Shaping Trends=295
The Ending of Ethnicity=296
Race:Constant, Blurring, Fading=303
White Nativism=309
Bifurcation:Two Languages and Two Cultures?=316
Unrepresentative Democracy:Elites vs. the Public=324
Chapter 12. Twenty-first Century America:Vulnerability, Religion, and National Identity=336
The Creed in an Age of Vulnerability=336
Americans Turn to Religion=340
The Global Resurgence of Religion=355
Militant Islam vs. America=357
America in the World:Cosmopolitan, Imperial, and/or National?=362
Notes=367
Index=411
TABLES
3.1. Components of American Identity=39
5.1. Extent of Belief in Religion:Average Ranking in Response to Seven Questions=90
7.1. Language Referenda, 1980-2002=167
9.1. Educational Level of Mexican-Americans and All Americans=234
9.2. Socioeconomic Characteristics of Mexican-Americans and All Americans=238
11.1. Liberalism and Religion of Academics=326
12.1. Votes for President, 2000=353
FIGURES
4.1. Pride in Work=73
5.1. The Relationship Between Economic Development and Religious Beliefs=89
5.2. Religiosity in the World=91
6.1. Functional Amalgamation, Formative Events, Curves of American Community Awareness, 1735-1775:A Comparison, Using, "Moving Averages"=112
11.1. Public Confidence in Government=333
12.1. National Pride and the Importance of God=366