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"It is often said that America has become culturally diverse only in the past quarter century. But from the country's beginning, cultural variety and conflict have been a centrifugal force in American politics and a crucial reason for our rise to power" -- from publisher's web site.
"The peopling of the United States is one of the most important stories of the last five hundred years, and in Shaping our Nation, bestselling author and demographics expert Michael Barone illuminates a new angle on America's rise, using a vast array of political and social data to show America is the product of a series large, unexpected mass movements-- both internal and external-- which typically lasted only one or two generations but in that time reshaped the nation, and created lasting tensions that were difficult to resolve. Barone highlights the surprising trends and connections between the America of today and its migrant past, such as how the areas of major Scots-Irish settlement in the years leading up to the Revolutionary War are the same areas where John McCain performed better in the 2008 election than George W. Bush did in 2004, and how in the years following the Civil War, migration across the Mason-Dixon line all but ceased until the annealing effect that the shared struggle of World War II produced. Barone also takes us all the way up to present day, showing what the surge of Hispanic migration between 1970 and 2010 means for the elections and political decisions to be made in the coming decades. Barone shows how, from the Scots-Irish influxes of the 18th century, to the Ellis Island migrations of the early 20th and the Hispanic and Asian ones of the last four decades, people have moved to America in part in order to make a better living-- but more importantly, to create new communities in which they could thrive and live as they wanted. And the founders' formula of limited government, civic equality, and tolerance of religious and cultural diversity has provided a ready and useful template for not only to coping with these new cultural influences, but for prospering as a nation with cultural variety" -- from publisher's web site.… (plus d'informations)
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I once had a teacher who objected to the whole "melting pot" analogy, saying a tossed salad was a more apt comparison since the identity of the ingredients/immigrants wasn't changed. It was an idea that went over most high-school heads about 30 years ago, but I've pondered on it from time to time in conjuction with my own observations. And Michael Barone points out rather well how the various surges or waves of immigration haven't necessarily melted into the whole but have still left their mark on the country and its politics.
Barone covers six distinct and large surges of migration that starts with the Scots-Irish who pushed the colonization further south and west in throught the mid-1700s. Next he looks at two internal migrations as "Yankees" in the north and "Southern Grandees" in the south both began to push westward as eastern populations increased. Next are the Irish and German migrations that happened as a result of the potato famines in Europe and lasted from the mid-1800s nearly to 1900, when the "Ellis Island" migration took over with Italians and Eastern Europeans. The next surge is mostly from rural areas to cities and resulted in a smaller migration of blacks from the South to the North. He also covers the almost "melting pot" influence of WWII and the move westward (especially to California) and the latest migrations from Asia and Mexico. With each section he explores the effects migrations had on politics and public policies.
This is not a page-turner kind of book. Instead, with heavy sections of statistics (and quite a few statistical maps) it's almost borderline reference material. But at the same time his explanations of why people came from where they did, why they settled where they did, and how they impacted the country politically and socially are extremely readable. From someone who enjoys reading American history, I found it very enlightening, plus, as someone whose forebears came from about 7 or 8 different European countries (yes, I'm an American mutt) it was insightful to better understand why some of my ancestors came. It's not the kind of book that will have broad appeal among all those who read history, but it's a fascinating account of how the country has been shaped by immigrants and really helps one to understand the big picture a little better. ( )
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Looking back on four decades of published writing, I can discern a common theme: I have been trying in different ways to understand American politics and the course of American history, starting with the twenty-two editions of The Almanac of American Politics of which I have been coauthor since the first edition was published in 1971. (Preface)
The Scots-Irish migration to North America was a movement of people who did not call themselves Scots-Irish and who did not consider themselves immigrants.
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It is our responsibility, as we contemplate unanticipated surges of migration of the future, to carry forward that tradition.
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"It is often said that America has become culturally diverse only in the past quarter century. But from the country's beginning, cultural variety and conflict have been a centrifugal force in American politics and a crucial reason for our rise to power" -- from publisher's web site.
"The peopling of the United States is one of the most important stories of the last five hundred years, and in Shaping our Nation, bestselling author and demographics expert Michael Barone illuminates a new angle on America's rise, using a vast array of political and social data to show America is the product of a series large, unexpected mass movements-- both internal and external-- which typically lasted only one or two generations but in that time reshaped the nation, and created lasting tensions that were difficult to resolve. Barone highlights the surprising trends and connections between the America of today and its migrant past, such as how the areas of major Scots-Irish settlement in the years leading up to the Revolutionary War are the same areas where John McCain performed better in the 2008 election than George W. Bush did in 2004, and how in the years following the Civil War, migration across the Mason-Dixon line all but ceased until the annealing effect that the shared struggle of World War II produced. Barone also takes us all the way up to present day, showing what the surge of Hispanic migration between 1970 and 2010 means for the elections and political decisions to be made in the coming decades. Barone shows how, from the Scots-Irish influxes of the 18th century, to the Ellis Island migrations of the early 20th and the Hispanic and Asian ones of the last four decades, people have moved to America in part in order to make a better living-- but more importantly, to create new communities in which they could thrive and live as they wanted. And the founders' formula of limited government, civic equality, and tolerance of religious and cultural diversity has provided a ready and useful template for not only to coping with these new cultural influences, but for prospering as a nation with cultural variety" -- from publisher's web site.
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Barone covers six distinct and large surges of migration that starts with the Scots-Irish who pushed the colonization further south and west in throught the mid-1700s. Next he looks at two internal migrations as "Yankees" in the north and "Southern Grandees" in the south both began to push westward as eastern populations increased. Next are the Irish and German migrations that happened as a result of the potato famines in Europe and lasted from the mid-1800s nearly to 1900, when the "Ellis Island" migration took over with Italians and Eastern Europeans. The next surge is mostly from rural areas to cities and resulted in a smaller migration of blacks from the South to the North. He also covers the almost "melting pot" influence of WWII and the move westward (especially to California) and the latest migrations from Asia and Mexico. With each section he explores the effects migrations had on politics and public policies.
This is not a page-turner kind of book. Instead, with heavy sections of statistics (and quite a few statistical maps) it's almost borderline reference material. But at the same time his explanations of why people came from where they did, why they settled where they did, and how they impacted the country politically and socially are extremely readable. From someone who enjoys reading American history, I found it very enlightening, plus, as someone whose forebears came from about 7 or 8 different European countries (yes, I'm an American mutt) it was insightful to better understand why some of my ancestors came. It's not the kind of book that will have broad appeal among all those who read history, but it's a fascinating account of how the country has been shaped by immigrants and really helps one to understand the big picture a little better. (