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Just like us : the American struggle to understand foreigners /

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 colon...

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Main Author:	Borstelmann, Thomas (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Columbia University Press, [2020]
Subjects:	National characteristics, American > History. Cultural awareness > United States. Race awareness > United States > History. United States > Race relations > History. Cultural pluralism > United States > History. Globalization > Social aspects > United States > History. Exceptionalism > United States > History. Americanization. Cold War > Social aspects > United States.

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