(Ebook) America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States by Erika Lee ISBN 9781541672604, 1541672607

(Ebook) America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States by Erika Lee ISBN 9781541672604, 1541672607

An award-winning historian reframes our continuing debate over immigration with a compelling history of xenophobia in the United States & its devastating impactThe 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, & 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 & foreign ways." Americans' anxiety over Irish Catholics turned xenophobia into a national political movement. Chinese immigrants were excluded, Japanese incarcerated, & Mexicans deported. Today, Americans fear Muslims, Latinos, & the so-called browning of America.Forcing us to confront this history, America for Americans explains how xenophobia works, why it has endured, & how it threatens America. It is a necessary corrective & spur to action for any concerned citizen.