212: The Melting Pot: Americans & Assimilation
This week, Brian, Joanne, and Nathan wrestle with a long-running
tension in our country’s history: what it means to assimilate and
“become American.” We’ll explore the 19th-century notions of who
could become an American and the ways they were expected to
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BackStory is a weekly public podcast hosted by U.S. historians Ed Ayers, Brian Balogh, Nathan Connolly and Joanne Freeman. We're based in Charlottesville, Va. at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.
Each week we take a topic that people are t...
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This week, Brian, Joanne, and Nathan wrestle with a long-running
tension in our country’s history: what it means to assimilate and
“become American.” We’ll explore the 19th-century notions of who
could become an American and the ways they were expected to change.
Plus, we’ll discuss how much room there was for a hyphenated
American identity in the past and if there is room
today.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
tension in our country’s history: what it means to assimilate and
“become American.” We’ll explore the 19th-century notions of who
could become an American and the ways they were expected to change.
Plus, we’ll discuss how much room there was for a hyphenated
American identity in the past and if there is room
today.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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