Beyond Citizenship American Identity after Globalization

Name: Beyond Citizenship American Identity after Globalization
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ISBN: 9780195152180

ISBN-10: 0195152182

ISBN-13: 9780195152180

Edition: 2008

Authors: Peter J. Spiro

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Before one asks what it means to be an American, notes Peter J. Spiro, one must ask who is an American. This provocative volume examines the many facets of citizenship as legal status and finds a mirror on American identity. Spiro takes readers on an engaging historical and conceptual exploration of how citizenship law has set and reflected the boundaries of national community and an American national character. Against this broad tableau, Spiro shows how territorial presence--through birth or residence--resolved the peculiar challenges of American identity. But as globalization eclipses the significance of space, citizenship status becomes detached from any sense of actual community on the…

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List price: $58.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/1/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Size: 9.41" wide x 6.30" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Peter J. Spiro is Charles Weiner Professor of International Law, Temple University - Beasley School of Law.



Introduction



Born American



Made American



Not Only American



Take It or Leave It American



American Defined



Beyond American


Conclusion


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index