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The bully pulpit and the melting pot : American presidents and the immigrant, 1897-1933 / Hans P. Vought.
Author
Vought, Hans P.
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Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/Created
Macon, Ga. : Mercer University Press, ©2004.
Description
xvii, 261 pages ; 24 cm
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Firestone Library - Stacks
JV6483 .V68 2004
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Presidents
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United States
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United States
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Emigration and immigration
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Summary note
"The presidents' speeches, letters, and administrative records reveal consistent support for the "melting pot" model as an alternative to nativist racism. While McKinley, Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson supported the exclusion of racial aliens and those with mental or physical illness, they repeatedly praised the "new" immigrants for embracing American ideals while maintaining their ethnic cultures. They argued that everyone should be judged by their moral character rather than their ancestry." "World War I raised fears of disloyal aliens that Roosevelt and Wilson heightened by denouncing "hyphenated Americans." Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover continued to use "melting pot" rhetoric, however, rather than endorsing coercive assimilation. The "melting pot" legacy lives on, and still offers a middle ground between the demands for national unity and multiculturalism."--Jacket.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-250) and index.
Contents
Setting the parameters of citizenship
Theodore Roosevelt and "immigration of the right kind"
William Howard Taft and the Dillingham Commission
Woodrow Wilson and hyphenated Americans
The melting pot at its boiling point
Warren G. Harding and Americanization revised
Calvin Coolidge and the prosperous melting pot
Herbert Hoover and the end of asylum
The legacy of the progressive melting pot.
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ISBN
0865548870 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
9780865548879 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
2004020511
OCLC
56413109
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