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Author Allen, Danielle S., 1971-

Title Talking to strangers [electronic resource] : anxieties of citizenship since Brown v. Board of Education / Danielle S. Allen.

Imprint Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2004.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xxii, 232 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Loss -- Little Rock, a new beginning -- Old myths and new epiphanies -- Sacrifice, a democratic fact -- Sacrifice and citizenship -- Why we have bad habits -- Imperfect democracy -- Imperfect people -- Imperfect pearls/imperfect ideals -- New democratic vistas -- Beyond invisible citizens -- Brotherhood, love, and political friendship -- Rhetoric, a good thing -- Epilogue: powerful citizens.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Political participation -- United States.
Cultural pluralism -- United States.
Civil society -- United States.
Trust -- United States.
Intergroup relations -- United States.
United States -- Race relations.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
Added Title Anxieties of citizenship since Brown v. Board of Education
ISBN 0226014665 (cloth : alk. paper)

 
    
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