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100	1		_aRitter, Luke, _eauthor. _4aut _4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut
245	1	0	_aInventing America's First Immigration Crisis : _bPolitical Nativism in the Antebellum West / _cLuke Ritter.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bFordham University Press, _c[2020]
264		4	_c©2020
300			_a1 online resource (288 p.)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
490	0		_aCatholic Practice in North America
505	0	0	_tFrontmatter -- _tContents -- _tIntroduction -- _tChapter 1 The Valley of Decision -- _tChapter 2 Culture War -- _tChapter 3 The Power of Nativist Rhetoric -- _tChapter 4 The Order of Know-Nothings and Secret Democracy -- _tChapter 5 Crime, Poverty, and the Economic Origins of Political Nativism -- _tChapter 6 From Anti-Catholicism to Church-State Separation -- _tEpilogue. The Specter of Anti-Catholicism, New Nativism, and the Ascendancy of Religious Freedom -- _tNotes -- _tIndex -- _tAbout the Author
506	0		_funrestricted online access _2star
520			_aWhy 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 National American Party. As previous studies have focused on the coasts, historians have not yet completely explained why westerners joined the ranks of the National American, or "Know Nothing," Party or why the nation's bloodiest anti-immigrant riots erupted in western cities-namely Chicago, Cincinnati, Louisville, and St. Louis. In focusing on the antebellum West, Inventing America's First Immigration Crisis illuminates the cultural, economic, and political issues that originally motivated American nativism and explains how it ultimately shaped the political relationship between church and state.In six detailed chapters, Ritter explains how unprecedented immigration from Europe and rapid westward expansion reignited fears of Catholicism as a corrosive force. He presents new research on the inner sanctums of the secretive Order of Know-Nothings and provides original data on immigration, crime, and poverty in the urban West. Ritter argues that the country's first bout of political nativism actually renewed Americans' commitment to church-state separation. Native-born Americans compelled Catholics and immigrants, who might have otherwise shared an affinity for monarchism, to accept American-style democracy. Catholics and immigrants forced Americans to adopt a more inclusive definition of religious freedom. This study offers valuable insight into the history of nativism in U.S. politics and sheds light on present-day concerns about immigration, particularly the role of anti-Islamic appeals in recent elections.
538			_aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
540			_aThis eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: _uhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/dg/page/open-access-policy
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2022)
650		0	_aAnti-Catholicism _zWest (U.S.) _xHistory _y19th century.
650		0	_aImmigrants _zWest (U.S.) _xReligious aspects _y19th century.
650		0	_aNativism _xHistory _y19th century.
650		0	_aReligion _xHistory _xPolitical aspects _zWest (U.S.) _y19th century.
650		0	_aReligion _xHistory _y19th century.
650		7	_aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations. _2bisacsh
653			_aAmerican Party.
653			_aAnti-Catholicism.
653			_aDonald Trump.
653			_aGerman.
653			_aImmigrant.
653			_aImmigration.
653			_aIrish.
653			_aKnow-Nothing Party.
653			_aNativism.
653			_aWest.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9780823289875?locatt=mode:legacy _zOpen Access _70
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780823289875 _zOpen Access _70
856	4	2	_3Cover _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780823289875/original
942			_cE-BOOK
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