Donald Trump and the Know-Nothing Movement
Understanding the 2016 US Election
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, History & Theory, Government
| Author: | Jeffrey J. Volle | ISBN: | 9783319783345 |
| Publisher: | Springer International Publishing | Publication: | May 22, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Pivot | Language: | English |
| Author: | Jeffrey J. Volle |
| ISBN: | 9783319783345 |
| Publisher: | Springer International Publishing |
| Publication: | May 22, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Pivot |
| Language: | English |
Historically, segments of white Americans have let racist paranoia supersede judicious reasoning throughout our history. The 2016 Presidential election in the United States brought the Know-Nothing’s back from the hidden depths of our history books. This book provides a historical account of the Know-Nothing Party in the 1850s through their reemergence in the 21st century with the election of Donald Trump. Analyzing the anti-immigration and anti-Catholic rhetoric of the Know-Nothing movement and tracing that same rhetoric in George Wallace's American Independent Party in the '60s, up into its appearance in the Trump movement, this book provides a guide for understanding the 2016 Republican Party agenda through its inheritance from the Know-Nothing Movement.
Historically, segments of white Americans have let racist paranoia supersede judicious reasoning throughout our history. The 2016 Presidential election in the United States brought the Know-Nothing’s back from the hidden depths of our history books. This book provides a historical account of the Know-Nothing Party in the 1850s through their reemergence in the 21st century with the election of Donald Trump. Analyzing the anti-immigration and anti-Catholic rhetoric of the Know-Nothing movement and tracing that same rhetoric in George Wallace's American Independent Party in the '60s, up into its appearance in the Trump movement, this book provides a guide for understanding the 2016 Republican Party agenda through its inheritance from the Know-Nothing Movement.
