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Carlson, Allan. "The American Way": Family and Community in the Shaping of the American Identity.(Book Review)

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| September 15, 2003 | Olson, Ray | COPYRIGHT 2003 American Library Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Sept. 2003. 304p. index. ISI, $25 (1-932236-11-2); paper, $15 (1-932236-23-6). 306.85.

For more than half of the twentieth century, American leaders argued for "Americanism" with pro-family propaganda and policies. Theodore Roosevelt stumped for big families to produce soldiers for America's wars. German immigrant leaders strove to make "Germanic culture" predominate, via the Germanic family, in America's national self-conception. With measures aimed at preserving and promoting traditional families, female New Dealers labored to reestablish a national identity disoriented by the Depression. Publisher Henry Lace built a ...

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