Book

American intolerance : our dark history of demonizing immigrants

Call Number

  • 305.906912 B287 (CEN)

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Publication Information

Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2018.

Physical Description

270 pages ; 24 cm

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"--

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 the First World War
  • '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.

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Anja Reumschüssel