America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States
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This definitive history of American xenophobia is "essential reading for anyone who wants to build a more inclusive society" (Ibram X. Kendi, New York Times-bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist) 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, Lee explains how xenophobia works, why it has endured, and how it threatens America. Now updated with an afterword reflecting on how the coronavirus pandemic turbocharged xenophobia, America for Americans is an urgent spur to action for any concerned citizen.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1541672615
ISBN13:9781541672611
Release Date:June 2021
Publisher:Basic Books
Length:480 Pages
Weight:0.94 lbs.
Dimensions:1.5" x 5.4" x 8.2"
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Published by Sheldon , 3 months ago
A must read for anyone who wants to know about a part of American history that was left out of our history lessons in school. For me this was a real "Page Turner" that I could not put down. After each reading, I could not just close this book, put it down and move on until my next reading. I pondered and gave serious thought to everything I had just read and said to myself, "OMG, Wow"!
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