TY - BOOK AU - Bramen,Carrie Tirado TI - The uses of variety: modern Americanism and the quest for national distinctiveness SN - 067400308X (alk. paper) Hadiah PY - 2000/// CY - Cambridge, MA PB - Harvard University Press KW - American fiction KW - History and criticism KW - Difference (Psychology) in literature KW - Literature and society KW - United States KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Minority authors KW - National characteristics, American, in literature KW - Cultural pluralism in literature KW - Multiculturalism in literature KW - Ethnic relations in literature KW - Minorities in literature KW - Intellectual life N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-360) and index ER -