America for Americans a history of xenophobia in the United States
"The United States is known as a nation of immigrants. But it is also a nation of xenophobia. In [this book], acclaimed historian Erika Lee shows that an irrational fear, hatred, and hostility toward immigrants has been a defining feature of our nation from the colonial era to the Trump era. Am...
| Main Author: | Lee, Erika (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Basic Books,
2019.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- "Strangers to our language and constitutions"
- "Americans must rule America"
- "The Chinese are no more"
- The "inferior races" of Europe
- "Getting rid of the Mexicans"
- "Military necessity"
- Xenophobia and civil rights
- "Save our state"
- Islamophobia.