Inventing America's First Immigration Crisis: Political Nativism in the Antebellum West

by Luke Ritter

Book Overview

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 National American Party. As previous studies have focused on the coasts, historians have not yet completely explained why westerners joined the ranks of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823289850
• ISBN13: 9780823289851
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"