America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States
ISBN-13:
9781541672604
ISBN-10:
1541672607
Edition:
Illustrated
Author:
Erika Lee
Publication date:
2019
Publisher:
Basic Books
Format:
Hardcover
432 pages
Category:
United States History
,
Emigration & Immigration
,
Social Sciences
,
Americas History
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Book details
ISBN-13:
9781541672604
ISBN-10:
1541672607
Edition:
Illustrated
Author:
Erika Lee
Publication date:
2019
Publisher:
Basic Books
Format:
Hardcover
432 pages
Category:
United States History
,
Emigration & Immigration
,
Social Sciences
,
Americas History
Summary
America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States (ISBN-13: 9781541672604 and ISBN-10: 1541672607), written by authors
Erika Lee, was published by Basic Books in 2019.
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An award-winning historian reframes our continuing debate over immigration with a compelling history of xenophobia in the United States and its devastating impact
The United States is known as a nation of immigrants. But it is also a nation of xenophobia. In America for Americans, 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. Benjamin Franklin ridiculed Germans for their "strange and foreign ways." Americans' anxiety over Irish Catholics turned xenophobia into a national political movement. Chinese immigrants were excluded, Japanese incarcerated, and Mexicans deported. Today, Americans fear Muslims, Latinos, and the so-called browning of America.
Forcing us to confront this history, America for Americans explains how xenophobia works, why it has endured, and how it threatens America. It is a necessary corrective and spur to action for any concerned citizen.
The United States is known as a nation of immigrants. But it is also a nation of xenophobia. In America for Americans, 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. Benjamin Franklin ridiculed Germans for their "strange and foreign ways." Americans' anxiety over Irish Catholics turned xenophobia into a national political movement. Chinese immigrants were excluded, Japanese incarcerated, and Mexicans deported. Today, Americans fear Muslims, Latinos, and the so-called browning of America.
Forcing us to confront this history, America for Americans explains how xenophobia works, why it has endured, and how it threatens America. It is a necessary corrective and spur to action for any concerned citizen.
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