American CivilizationInstitute for the Study of the Americas, 2007 - 105 páginas This thought-provoking book demonstrates that, far from being a unique entity, the United States is the most American of nations. It shares with its neighbors to the south an aspiration for equal opportunities and freedoms in a society both defined and divided by race. As Charles A. Jones points out, the United States is distinguished from its neighbors chiefly by the greater material capabilities it has been able to apply to this historic task. Although it is sometimes regarded as Western, Jones points out the extremes to which the United States differs from Western Europe: from distinctive levels and styles of religiosity to public violence to respect for law to concern with material accumulation. These traits, far from constituting a claim to exceptionality, bind the U.S. firmly to the rest of the American hemisphere. In fact, Jones argues, it was separated only by the strange accident of historiography that created a Latin America little more than a century ago. He projects that these perceived differences between the United States and its southern neighbors will fade in the near future, and looks forward to a truly inclusive America. |
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... indigenous descent in the Andean countries and Mexico.57 The history of these groups since independence has been distinct from that of European immigrant groups defined by language or nation of origin . For all their initial sufferings ...
... indigenous Americans and African - Americans and the prevalence of homicide throughout the Americas has revealed differences as well as similarities . There is at least a sug- gestion that religiosity may correlate positively with ...
... indigenous polity in the North , Fernández - Arnesto concludes : " [ t ] he white man did not introduce imperialism to the Great Plains ; he arrived as a competitor with a Sioux empire that was already taking shape . " 94 Leaving Port ...