Talking to strangers anxieties of citizenship since Brown v. Board of Education / [electronic resource] :
Anxieties of citizenship since Brown v. Board of Education
Danielle S. Allen.
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2004.
- xxii, 232 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Loss -- Little Rock, a new beginning -- Old myths and new epiphanies -- Sacrifice, a democratic fact -- Sacrifice and citizenship -- Why we have bad habits -- Imperfect democracy -- Imperfect people -- Imperfect pearls/imperfect ideals -- New democratic vistas -- Beyond invisible citizens -- Brotherhood, love, and political friendship -- Rhetoric, a good thing -- Epilogue: powerful citizens.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Political participation--United States. Cultural pluralism--United States. Civil society--United States. Trust--United States. Intergroup relations--United States.