All Posts Tagged With: "nativism"
Can We Tell Those Huddled Masses to Scram? Immigration and the Constitution
In 1873 some Presbyterians in Kentucky invited a young Canadian to be their pastor. Tensions in the border state were still high following the War of Southern Independence, and the congregants hoped that a neutral outsider could pacify folks not only within their own church but even across denominations.
Rev. A.B. Simpson succeeded so well that [...]
Assimilation, American Style by Peter D. Salins
Basic Books • 1996 • 272 pages • $26.00
Rita Simon teaches in the department of justice, law and society, School of Public Affairs at American University, Washington, D.C.
Author Peter Salins says up front that he had two major reasons for writing Assimilation, American Style. First, to tell about the wonderful contributions immigrants have made to [...]
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Jefferson’s Economist
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