Inventing America's first immigration crisis political nativism in the Antebellum West
Why have Americans expressed concern about immigration at some times but not at others? In pursuit of an answer, this book examines America’s first nativist movement, which responded to the rapid influx of 4.2 million immigrants between 1840 and 1860 and culminated in the dramatic rise of the Nation...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Fordham University Press
[2021]
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| Colección: | Catholic practice in North America.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009423977906719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Valley of Decision
- Chapter 2 Culture War
- Chapter 3 The Power of Nativist Rhetoric
- Chapter 4 The Order of Know-Nothings and Secret Democracy
- Chapter 5 Crime, Poverty, and the Economic Origins of Political Nativism
- Chapter 6 From Anti-Catholicism to Church-State Separation
- Epilogue. The Specter of Anti-Catholicism, New Nativism, and the Ascendancy of Religious Freedom
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author
