The Revival of Civic Nationalism Depended on the Great Depression

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10.2991/assehr.k.220105.054How to use a DOI?

Keywords

civic nationalism; racial discrimination; the Great Depression; President Franklin Roosevelt

Abstract

The ideal beliefs of United States which comprise the fundamental right of everyone to pursue freedom, equality and to chase happiness have been talked and analyzed proverbially. These values embodied in Declaration of Independence and the Constitution have such an incredible and powerful charm to attract the immigrants all over the world and constitute national identity of American citizens. Scholars have different ways to call these principles, the author prefers Gary Gerstle’s term “civic nationalism” to conclude these beliefs because this term has a greater possibility of being applied to more countries, rather than being restricted in United States.

The Immigrant Act during late 1910s and early 20s showed the severe racial tensions. However, during Great depression, racial and religious prejudice declined relatively, civic nationalism had revival in the United States and became a popular tool and method for power, from president to ordinary workers. Conceivably, the time they were consecrated as American Creed was the same time they were relegated to a bargaining chip in political games. Economic depression contributed to civic nationalism unexpectedly and changed the situation of racial nationalism, it created the potential possibility of prosperous of civic nationalism in the 1930s. This paper analyzes the development of civic nationalism during the period of 1929-1937 and derives that the Great Depression is the main reason for the vigorous development of civic nationalism.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Zizhe Wang
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/01/17
TI  - The Revival of Civic Nationalism Depended on the Great Depression
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Social Development and Media Communication (SDMC 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 287
EP  - 291
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220105.054
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220105.054
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