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''Who Are We? The Challenges to America's National Identity'' (2004) is a treatise by political scientist and historian Samuel P. Huntington (1927–2008). The book attempts to understand the nature of American identity and the challenges it will face in the future. ==Describing American identity== In describing the American identity, Huntington first shatters the notion that the country is, as often repeated, “a nation of immigrants.” He writes that America's founders were not immigrants, but settlers, since British settlers came to North America to establish a new society, as opposed to migrating from one existing society to another one as immigrants do. Later peoples who joined the culture present in the original British colonies, already established by these settlers, were indeed immigrants. Many people point to the American Creed as the core of American identity. Huntington defines the American Creed as embodying the “principles of liberty, equality, individualism, representative government, and private property”.〔, p. 41〕 Yet Huntington asks “Would America be the America it is today if in the 17th and 18th centuries it had been settled not by British Protestants but by French, Spanish, or Portuguese Catholics? The answer is no. It would not be America; it would be Quebec, Mexico, or Brazil”.〔Who Are We?, p. 59〕 Of all the nations in Europe, and of all the colonies, America alone developed the American Creed — this simple observation requires explanation. This observation leads to two conclusions: that America was an English colony, and that America alone was formed as a result of the Reformation. To advance his argument about the contribution to America of its English heritage, he says: As for the importance of Protestantism, Huntington states: “The American Creed is the unique creation of a dissenting Protestant culture”. In particular, he highlights the 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Who Are We? The Challenges to America's National Identity」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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