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03917aam a2200565 i 4500 001 9A2EC04EA55F11EAA027EF1497128E48 003 SILO 005 20200603010033 008 200116s2020 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019043058 020 $a 0231193521 020 $a 9780231193528 035 $a (OCoLC)1122800770 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d OCL $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E169.1 $b .B759 2020 082 00 $a 305.800973 $2 23 100 1 $a Borstelmann, Thomas $e author. 245 10 $a Just like us : $b the American struggle to understand foreigners / $c Thomas Borstelmann. 246 30 $a American struggle to understand foreigners 264 1 $a New York : $b Columbia University Press, $c [2020] 300 $a xiii, 258 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "Americans have long considered themselves a people set apart. Yet American exceptionalism is built on a set of tacit beliefs about other cultures. From the founding exclusion of indigenous peoples and enslaved Africans to the uneasy welcome of waves of immigrants, from republican disavowals of colonialism to Cold War proclamations of freedom, Americans' ideas of their differences from others have shaped the modern world--and how Americans have viewed foreigners is deeply revealing of their assumptions about themselves. Just Like Us is a pathbreaking exploration of what foreignness has meant across American history. Thomas Borstelmann traces American ambivalence about non-Americans, identifying a paradoxical perception of foreigners as suspiciously different yet fundamentally sharing American values at heart beneath the layers of culture. Considering race and religion, notions of the American way of life, attitudes toward immigrants, competition with communism, Americans abroad, and the subversive power of American culture, he offers a surprisingly optimistic account of the acceptance of difference. Borstelmann contends that increasing contact with peoples around the globe during the Cold War encouraged mainstream society to grow steadily more inclusive in terms of who could be considered fully American. In a time of resurgent nativism and xenophobia, Just Like Us provides a reflective, urgent examination of how Americans have conceived of foreignness and their own exceptionalism throughout the nation's history"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a National characteristics, American $x History. 650 0 $a Cultural awareness $z United States. 650 0 $a Race awareness $z United States $x History. 651 0 $a United States $x History. $x History. 650 0 $a Cultural pluralism $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Globalization $x History. $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Exceptionalism $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Americanization. 650 0 $a Cold War $x Social aspects $z United States. 650 7 $a Americanization. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00807485 650 7 $a Cultural awareness. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00885001 650 7 $a Cultural pluralism. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01715991 650 7 $a Exceptionalism. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01748515 650 7 $a Globalization $x Social aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00943547 650 7 $a National characteristics, American. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01033342 650 7 $a Race awareness. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01086455 650 7 $a Race relations. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01086509 650 7 $a Social aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01354981 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Online version: $a Borstelmann, Thomas. $t Just like us $d New York : Columbia University Press, [2020] $z 9780231550352 $w (DLC) 2019043059 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20230706014427.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9A2EC04EA55F11EAA027EF1497128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search