America For Americans : A History Of Xenophobia In The United States

Description: 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.
Title: America For Americans : A History Of Xenophobia In The United States
Barcode: 9781541672611
Pages: 480 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 6/15/2021