The uses of variety : modern Americanism and the quest for national distinctiveness - Bramen, Carrie Tirado, 1964- (Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2000)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-360) and index
Keywords: American fiction -- History and criticism; Difference (Psychology) in literature; Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century; American fiction -- Minority authors -- History and criticism; National characteristics, American, in literature; Cultural pluralism in literature; Multiculturalism in literature; Ethnic relations in literature; Minorities in literature; United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century