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Rejecting the tyranny of George III and backing it with a war turned out to be the easy part, says Bradburn (history, State U. of New York-Binghamton), because once people became American citizens, they had to figure out what American meant, and what citizen meant. He traces debates and controversies around such questions as who was and was not an American, what it meant to be a citizen rather than a subject, and by what authority some citizens dictated to others. His topics include federalism and the problem of nationhood, the opposition to the Alien and Sedition Acts, the immigrant moment and the potential of the hyphenated citizen, and the racial ranks of American citizenship. His conclusion describes the fall of the union and rise of the nation. Annotation c2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
