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Nativism and slavery : the northern Know Nothings and the politics of the 1850's / Tyler Anbinder.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Anbinder, Tyler, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American Party.
- Nativism.
- Slavery--United States--Anti-slavery movements.
- Slavery.
- United States--Politics and government--1853-1857.
- United States.
- United States--Politics and government--1857-1861.
- Local Subjects:
- American Party.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 330 p. ) ill., maps ;
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An examination of the Know-Nothing Party, founded in the USA in 1854 as a political protest against the granting of American citizenship to Catholic immigrants. It studies how such a party managed to elect eight governors and 100 Congressman, as well as thousands of local officials, by 1855.
- Notes:
- Bibliography: p287-310. - Includes index.
- Previously issued in print: 1992.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-310) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 9786610605750
- 9780197714904
- 0197714900
- 9780195089226
- 0195089227
- 9781280605758
- 1280605758
- OCLC:
- 1027159978
- Publisher Number:
- 2027/heb00507 hdl
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