The fires of Philadelphia citizen-soldiers, nativists, and the 1844 riots over the soul of a nation
"... [A] comprehensive look at the 1844 riots that pitted nativist Protestants in Philadelphia against Irish Catholic immigrants. Positioning the riots as a precursor to the Civil War, Schrag details how leaders of the American Republican Party (a forerunner of the Know Nothing Party), includin...
| Main Author: | Schrag, Zachary M. (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Pegasus Books,
[2021]
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| Edition: | First Pegasus Books edition. |
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