First printed in Great Britain by Simon & Schuster UK Ltd, 2004

Μαλακό εξώφυλλο.

Δωρεά από Πολυμερόπουλος Κων/νος.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-410) and index.

Part 1. The issues of identity : The crisis of national identity -- Identities: national and other ; Part 2. American identity : Components of American identity -- Anglo-Protestant culture -- Religion and Christianity -- Emergence, triumph, erosion ; Part 3. Challenges to American identity : Deconstructing America: the rise of subnational identities -- Assimilation: converts, ampersands, and the erosion of citizenship -- Mexican immigration and hispanization -- Merging America with the world ; Part 4. Renewing American identity : Fault lines old and new -- Twenty-first century America: vulnerability, religion, and national identity.