Abstract
The Introduction explains the basic premise of the book that the evolution of American citizenship consists in its paradoxes and anomalies rather than in coherent narratives of the ideological, racial, legal, or political dimensions of citizenship. The five paradigms selected for this purpose—national identity, state expansion, global status, immigration, and state power—and their interconnections and overlaps are discussed in detail. Each of these paradigms contains its own dimensions of rhetoric versus reality and subsequent paradoxes. This book is about the production, meanings, and implications of these processes, as it aims to uncover and capture the porous and hidden contours of citizenship in America.
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