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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Author / Contributor: Ritter, Luke J. (Author)
Edition:First edition.
Imprint: New York : Fordham University Press, 2021.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
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Series:Catholic practice in North America.

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