How America Sees Itself

The Why Factor - A podcast by BBC World Service

What are notions of national identity and how does it arise? We look at probably the most powerful country on the planet - the United States of America. What is its character? And what do Americans see when they look at themselves. Mike Williams travels around the States to uncover the ideology involved in being an American.(Photo: The Statue of Liberty. Credit: Timothy A.Clary/AFP /Getty Images)