We the People: The 500-Year Battle Over Who Is American (American Ways)
We the People explores the 500-year struggle over the meaning of American identity. With a broad historical perspective, Benjamin Railton examines changing ideas of belonging, citizenship, and national community, offering readers a way to consider how definitions of “American” have evolved and why those debates remain significant.
About This Book
We the People examines the long history of debates over who is American.
Spanning five centuries, the book focuses on changing ideas of identity, belonging, and national membership.
It considers the tensions surrounding the meaning of “the people” in American life.
Part of the American Ways series, this work offers a broad historical perspective on an enduring national question.
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