Strangers in the Land,9780813531236

Strangers in the Land

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ISBN13: 9780813531236
ISBN10: 0813531233
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-03-01
Publisher(s): Rutgers Univ Pr
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Author Biography

John Higham is Professor Emeritus of History at The Johns Hopkins University. He is past president of the Organization of American Historians and of the Immigration History Society

Table of Contents

Preface to the 2002 Editionp. xi
Patterns in the Makingp. 3
The Age of Confidencep. 12
Postwar America Beckonsp. 14
Cosmopolitan Traditionsp. 19
The Ethnocentric Residuep. 23
The Nativist Heritagep. 28
Crisis in the Eightiesp. 35
Social Chasms and Anxious Reformersp. 36
Militant Labor and Adamant Capitalp. 45
Beginning of Hysteriap. 52
Limits of the New Nativismp. 63
The Nationalist Ninetiesp. 68
Unrest in an Age of Depressionp. 68
Anti-Catholicism Rampantp. 77
Nationalism and the New Immigrantsp. 87
Immigration Restrictionp. 97
The Return of Confidencep. 106
Conquest and Harmonyp. 107
Progressive Democracyp. 116
The Immigrants Fight Backp. 123
Toward Racism: The History of an Ideap. 131
From Romanticism to Naturalismp. 133
Patricians on the Defensivep. 136
Optimistic Crosscurrentsp. 144
Enter the Natural Scientistsp. 149
The Loss of Confidencep. 158
The Ethnocentric Backgroundp. 159
Grass Roots of Anglo-Saxon Nativismp. 165
Anti-Radical and Anti-Catholic Revivalsp. 175
1914: Summit of Prewar Nativismp. 183
The Failure of Restrictionp. 186
War and Revolutionp. 194
Hyphens and Preparednessp. 195
100 Per Cent Americanismp. 204
A Common Causep. 212
The Nativist Traditions in Wartimep. 217
Big Red Scarep. 222
Crusade for Americanizationp. 234
Prewar Originsp. 235
100 Per Cent Americanizedp. 242
The International Nationalistsp. 250
Last Phase: Antidote to Bolshevismp. 254
The Tribal Twentiesp. 264
Blighted New Worldp. 265
Flowering of Racismp. 270
The International Jewp. 277
The Klan Ridesp. 286
Closing the Gatesp. 300
Restriction Reconsideredp. 301
The First Percentage Lawp. 308
Deadlock, 1921-1923p. 312
The Nordic Victoryp. 316
Ebb Tidep. 324
Epiloguep. 331
Notesp. 347
Bibliographical Notep. 415
Indexp. 429
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