<p>&ldquo;What shall we do with our America? How are we likely to get the more creative America&mdash;by confining our imaginations to the ideal of the melting-pot, or broadening them to some such cosmopolitan conception as I have been vaguely sketching?&rdquo; &mdash;Randolph Bourne, in <em>Trans-national America</em>, 1916<br />
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<em>Trans-national America,</em> was published in 1916 in <em>The Atlantic Monthly </em>by Randolph Bourne. While World War I was raging in Europe, native-born Americans became increasingly suspicious of the pockets of immigrant culture thriving among them. In his article, <em>Trans-national America</em>, Bourne disagreed with these attitudes and stated that the United States should accommodate immigrant cultures into a &ldquo;cosmopolitan America,&rdquo; instead of forcing immigrants to assimilate to the dominant Anglo-Saxon-based culture. He called for a new trans-national America.</p><p>Bourne&rsquo;s positions in <em>Trans-national America</em> are as thought-provoking and relevant as ever for students of history, political scientists, and others interested in the current discussion about immigration in America.</p>