Inventing America's first immigration crisis : political nativism in the antebellum West /

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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 N...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ritter, Luke J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Catholic practice in North America.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Religion > History > Political aspects > West (U.S.) > 19th century.
Immigrants > West (U.S.) > Religious aspects > 19th century.
Religion > History > 19th century.
Nativism > History > 19th century.
Anti-Catholicism > West (U.S.) > History > 19th century.
Religion > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Mouvements nativistes > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Anti-Catholicism
Nativism
Religion
Religion and politics
West United States
Social discrimination & equal treatment; History of the Americas; Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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

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