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Argues that international migration disturbs two assumptions of the democratic community, ie, it no longer appears to be based in a clearly delineated territory or a shared past. Considering the relations between the temporal & territorial aspects of membership in a democratic community, it is probably impossible to adopt a universal concept of citizenship that ignores the particularity of location; however, current understandings of the nation must be overcome. To offset democratic deficits of nonrepresentation & liberal deficits of ethnic inequality & intolerance of diversity, models of transnational citizenship must be developed. It is critical that such models recognize necessary territorial & temporal constraints & include the migrant experience in the historical narrative of the democratic polity. E. Munson

Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Original Production -- Note on Text -- The Political History of Smack and Crack -- Postscript: Narcotics and Counter-revolution -- Endnotes -- Further Reading -- About the Author -- Copyright and Performing Rights Information

The twelve essays in this book demonstrate the importance of bringing history back into historical materialism. They combine the discussion of Marx's categories with historical work on a wide range of themes and periods (the early middle ages, 'Asiatic' regimes, agrarian capitalism, etc.).

The text examines the roles of Indian, Mexican-American and African-American women during the 20th century. It focuses on the changes brought about in the lives of those in each group and then compares them. The book is intended for scholars and students of gender and ethnic studies and US history

The role of liberalized, ecumenical Protestantism in American history has too often been obscured by the more flamboyant and orthodox versions of the faith that oppose evolution, embrace narrow conceptions of family values, and continue to insist that the United States should be understood as a Christian nation. In this book, one of our preeminent scholars of American intellectual history examines how liberal Protestant thinkers struggled to embrace modernity, even at the cost of yielding much of the symbolic capital of Christianity to more conservative, evangelical communities of faith.