The bully pulpit and the melting pot : American presidents and the immigrant, 1897-1933 / Hans P. Vought.

Author
Vought, Hans P. [Browse]
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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    "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.
    Bibliographic references
    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.
    ISBN
    • 0865548870 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
    • 9780865548879 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2004020511
    OCLC
    56413109
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