Learning One’s Native Tongue

Learning One’s Native Tongue
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 342
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ISBN-10 : 9780226623221
ISBN-13 : 022662322X
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Book Synopsis Learning One’s Native Tongue by : Tracy B. Strong

Download or read book Learning One’s Native Tongue written by Tracy B. Strong and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2019-11-25 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Citizenship is much more than the right to vote. It is a collection of political capacities constantly up for debate. From Socrates to contemporary American politics, the question of what it means to be an authentic citizen is an inherently political one. With Learning One’s Native Tongue, Tracy B. Strong explores the development of the concept of American citizenship and what it means to belong to this country, starting with the Puritans in the seventeenth century and continuing to the present day. He examines the conflicts over the meaning of citizenship in the writings and speeches of prominent thinkers and leaders ranging from John Winthrop and Roger Williams to Thomas Jefferson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Franklin Roosevelt, among many others who have participated in these important cultural and political debates. The criteria that define what being a citizen entails change over time and in response to historical developments, and they are thus also often the source of controversy and conflict, as with voting rights for women and African Americans. Strong looks closely at these conflicts and the ensuing changes in the conception of citizenship, paying attention to what difference each change makes and what each particular conception entails socially and politically.


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