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 N...

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Main Author:	Ritter, Luke (Author)
Corporate Author:	Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2020]
Series:	Catholic Practice in North America
Subjects:	Anti-Catholicism > West (U.S.) > History > 19th century. Immigrants > West (U.S.) > Religious aspects > 19th century. Nativism > History > 19th century. Religion > History > Political aspects > West (U.S.) > 19th century. Religion > History > 19th century. Mouvements nativistes > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle. Religion > Histoire > 19e siècle. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations. Anti-Catholicism Nativism Religion Religion and politics West United States 1800-1899 Electronic books. History
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Inventing America's first immigration crisis : political nativism in the antebellum West /

by Ritter, Luke
Published 2021

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