{"product_id":"trans-national-america-9781646790029","title":"Trans-national America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"What shall we do with our America? How are we likely to get the more creative America--by confining our imaginations to the ideal of the melting-pot, or broadening them to some such cosmopolitan conception as I have been vaguely sketching?\" --Randolph Bourne, in \u003cem\u003eTrans-national America\u003c\/em\u003e, 1916\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eTrans-national America, \u003c\/em\u003e was published in 1916 in \u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly \u003c\/em\u003eby Randolph Bourne. While World War I was raging in Europe, native-born Americans became increasingly suspicious of the pockets of immigrant culture thriving among them. In his article, \u003cem\u003eTrans-national America\u003c\/em\u003e, Bourne disagreed with these attitudes and stated that the United States should accommodate immigrant cultures into a \"cosmopolitan America,\" instead of forcing immigrants to assimilate to the dominant Anglo-Saxon-based culture. He called for a new trans-national America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBourne's positions in \u003cem\u003eTrans-national America\u003c\/em\u003e are as thought-provoking and relevant as ever for students of history, political scientists, and others interested in the current discussion about immigration in America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBourne, Randolph S.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - RANDOLPH S. BOURNE (1886-1918) was an American progressive critic and writer, best known for his essays, such as Trans-national America and his unfinished work The State. Bourne died in the Spanish flu pandemic after World War I.","brand":"Cosimo Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52127633473810,"sku":"9781646790029","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_38faea6a-a1cd-452e-86a0-d20d8d79fdd5.jpg?v=1773740226","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/trans-national-america-9781646790029","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}