The Disuniting of America, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
The Disuniting of America, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
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The Disuniting of America
Reflections on a Multicultural Society

Author: Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

Narrator: Jeff Riggenbach

Unabridged: 3 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/23/2009

Synopsis

The promise of America has always been that of a fresh economic start on equal footing. This is linked to the classic image of the republic as a melting pot, where differences of class, race, and religion are submerged in the pursuit of democracy. But today the idea of assimilation into the mainstream is giving ground to the cult of ethnicity. While this upsurge in ethnic awareness has had many healthy consequences in a nation shamed by a history of prejudice, if pressed too far, it could fragment American society to a dangerous degree.In this powerfully argued essay, Pulitzer Prizewinning historian Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. examines the the lessons of one polyglot country after another tearing itself apart or on the brink of doing so, and points out troubling new evidence that multiculturalism gone awry here in the United States threatens to do the same.

About Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., (1917-2007) was the preeminent political historian of our time. For more than half a century, he was a cornerstone figure in the intellectual life of the nation and a fixture on the political scene. He won two Pulitzer prizes for The Age of Jackson (1946) and A Thousand Days (1966), and in 1988 received the National Humanities Medal. He published the first volume of his autobiography, A Life in the Twentieth Century, in 2000.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Daniela

This book was really interesting. It was not what I expected- I was surprised by the fact that it was not exactly what one would consider politically correct. As I was reading it, I came to find that the author, Arthur Schlesinger is an opponent of minority movements because he views them as separat......more

Goodreads review by Christy

Schlesinger as a famous liberal was quite conservative in this book as concerned that a hyphened-America, or one that kept strong allegiances and identities based on the race-ethnic heritages of countries of origin that immigrated to the US, was "disuniting" us as all-purpose, general "Americans" fo......more

Goodreads review by Paul

I see that Schlesinger's book is very controversial.Well count me in the the readers who loved this book.AS was btw a liberal,not a conservative or neocon.Nor did he hate black folks.I felt he was spot on about the extremes of multiculturalism.The lack of appreciation of our inherited Western Cultur......more

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