"America was founded by British settlers who brought with them a distinct culture including the English language, Protestant values, individualism, religious commitment, and respect for law. The waves of immigrants that later came to the United States gradually accepted these values and assimilated into America's Anglo-Protestant culture. More recently, however, national identity has been eroded by the problems of assimilating massive numbers of primarily Hispanic immigrants, bilingualism, multiculturalism, the devaluation of citizenship, and the "denationalization" of American elites." "September 11 brought a revival of American patriotism and a renewal of American identity. But already there are signs that this revival is fading, even though in the post-September 11 world, Americans face unprecedented challenges to our security."--BOOK JACKET.
Book Details
Format
paperback
ISBN-10
0684870541
ISBN-13
9780684870540
Publication Date
Dec 2005
Item Weight
1.10 pounds
Length
9.25 inch
Width
6.14 inch
Height
1.10 inch
First Sentence
Charles Street, the principal thoroughfare on Boston's Beacon Hill, is a comfortable street bordered by four-story brick buildings with apartments above antique stores and other shops on the ground level.
Samuel Phillips Huntington (April 18, 1927 – December 24, 2008) was an American political scientist, adviser, and academic. He spent more than half a century at Harvard University, where he was director of Harvard's Center for International Affairs and the Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor. He is best known for his 1993 theory, the *Clash of Civilizations*, of a post-Cold War new world order.
**Source**: [Samuel P. Huntington](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_P._Huntington) on Wikipedia.
