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It seems that American patriotism measures itself against an outcast group. The right Americans are the right Americans because they're not like the wrong Americans, who are not really Americans.


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Author Bio


  • NameEric Hobsbawm
  • DescriptionEric John Ernest Hobsbawm (9 June 1917 – 1 October 2012) was a British Marxist historian
  • AliasesEric John Ernest Hobsbawm
  • BornJune 9, 1917
  • DiedOctober 1, 2012
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionWriter; Economic Historian; Social Historian; Historian
  • AwardsBalzan Prize