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Americans have a different reaction to people of other nationalities in the 21st century after liberal and democratic values became important in US politics in the nineteenth century. The most significant differences between Americans and others were the ability to shape
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relationship with other nations and their reactions to global events mean they are unwilling for multinational efforts and institutions, and compared with other countries' citizens they pay less attention to them.
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book presented data results and reality close together that it makes the study particularly valuable. He remarked that the results on the polling of 38,000 people who are from 44 countries are exceptional.
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usually concerns US government policies, and the world had always "held
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