American intolerance : our dark history of demonizing immigrants / Robert E. Bartholomew and Anja E. Reumschüssel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bartholomew, Robert E., author.

Reumschüssel, Anja, 1983- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants--United States--Public opinion.

Immigrants.

Immigrants--United States--Social conditions.

Emigration and immigration.

Public opinion.

United States.

Social conditions.

Emigration and immigration--Public opinion.

Immigrants--Public opinion.

Immigrants--Social conditions.

United States--Emigration and immigration--Public opinion.

Local Subjects:

United States.

Physical Description:

270 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2018.

Summary:

"This historical review of the US treatment of immigrants and minority groups documents the suspicion and persecution that often met newcomers and those perceived to be different"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

From out of the shadows : moral panics and the search for scapegoats

'They're plotting to take over the country!' : the great Catholic scare

'No dogs, no Negros, no Mexicans' : the Southern border menace

'The Mongolian hordes must go!' : the Chinese migration band

'Childlike, barbaric and otherwise inferior' : the fear of Native Americans-foreigners in their own land

'Don't trust the Huns' : the anti-German hysteria of World War I

'Beware the yellow peril' : the Japanese American scare

'The Jews are spying for Hitler!' : the refugee panic of World War II

'Be wary of the wolf in sheep's clothing!' : Muslim refugees-just the latest fear

From Mexicans to Muslims : stepping out of the shadow of fear and facing the enemy within.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Bartholomew, Robert E., author. American intolerance

ISBN:

9781633884489

1633884481

OCLC:

1021081039

Publisher Number:

99981561018