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050		4	_aBX1770 _b.R585 2020
100	1		_aRitter, Luke J., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aInventing America's First Immigration Crisis : _bPolitical Nativism in the Antebellum West / _cLuke Ritter.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York [New York] : _bFordham University Press, _c2021.
264		3	_aBaltimore, Md. : _bProject MUSE, _c2020
264		4	_c©2021.
300			_a1 online resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aCatholic practice in North America
500			_aRevision of author's thesis (doctroal)--Saint Louis University, 2013, titled Anti-Catholic America : nativism and religious freedom in the antebellum West.
500			_aIssued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
506	0		_aOpen Access _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.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aReligion _xHistory _xPolitical aspects _zWest (U.S.) _y19th century.
650		0	_aImmigrants _zWest (U.S.) _xReligious aspects _y19th century.
650		0	_aReligion _xHistory _y19th century.
650		0	_aNativism _xHistory _y19th century.
650		0	_aAnti-Catholicism _zWest (U.S.) _xHistory _y19th century.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse, _edistributor.
776	1	8	_iPrint version: _z9780823289844
710	2		_aProject Muse. _edistributor
830		0	_aCatholic practice in North America.
830		0	_aBook collections on Project MUSE.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/book/77563/
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