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History of the Know nothing party in Maryland
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Year: 1899 Publisher: Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins press,

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Know-nothingism in Rhode Island
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Year: 1894 Publisher: Providence, R.I.,

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The protestant crusade 1800-1860 : a study of the origins of American nativism
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Year: 1952 Publisher: New York (N.Y.) : Rinehart,

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Brass-knuckle crusade : the great Know-Nothing conspiracy, 1820-1860
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Year: 1960 Publisher: New York : Hastings House,

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A voice to America, or, The model republic, its glory, or its fall : with a review of the causes of the decline and failure of the republics of South America, Mexico, and of the Old world; applied to the present crisis in the United States
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Year: 1855 Publisher: New York : E. Walker,

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A voice to America, or, The model republic, its glory, or its fall : with a review of the causes of the decline and failure of the republics of South America, Mexico, and of the Old world; applied to the present crisis in the United States
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Year: 1855 Publisher: New York : E. Walker,

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Portrait of a know-nothing legislature : the Massachusetts General Court of 1855
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ISBN: 0824040732 Year: 1989 Publisher: New York London Garland

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ISBN: 0801877792 9780801877797 0801869404 9780801869402 Year: 2002 Publisher: Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press

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"Voss-Hubbard offers not only a persuasive explanation for the rise and fall of the Know-Nothings but also provides valuable insights into the political culture of the pre-Civil War North." -- History: Review of New Books.


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Inventing America's first immigration crisis : political nativism in the Antebellum West
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ISBN: 0823289877 Year: 2021 Publisher: New York : Fordham University Press,

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Why have Americans expressed concern about immigration at some times but not at others? In pursuit of an answer, this book examines America’s first nativist movement, which responded to the rapid influx of 4.2 million immigrants between 1840 and 1860 and culminated in the dramatic rise of the National American Party. As previous studies have focused on the coasts, historians have not yet completely explained why westerners joined the ranks of the National American, or “Know Nothing,” Party or why the nation’s bloodiest anti-immigrant riots erupted in western cities—namely Chicago, Cincinnati, Louisville, and St. Louis. In focusing on the antebellum West, Inventing America’s First Immigration Crisis illuminates the cultural, economic, and political issues that originally motivated American nativism and explains how it ultimately shaped the political relationship between church and state.In six detailed chapters, Ritter explains how unprecedented immigration from Europe and rapid westward expansion reignited fears of Catholicism as a corrosive force. He presents new research on the inner sanctums of the secretive Order of Know-Nothings and provides original data on immigration, crime, and poverty in the urban West. Ritter argues that the country’s first bout of political nativism actually renewed Americans’ commitment to church-state separation. Native-born Americans compelled Catholics and immigrants, who might have otherwise shared an affinity for monarchism, to accept American-style democracy. Catholics and immigrants forced Americans to adopt a more inclusive definition of religious freedom. This study offers valuable insight into the history of nativism in U.S. politics and sheds light on present-day concerns about immigration, particularly the role of anti-Islamic appeals in recent elections.


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The reputational premium : a theory of party identification and policy reasoning
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ISBN: 1280494379 9786613589606 1400842557 9781400842551 9781280494376 9780691154145 0691154147 9780691154176 0691154171 Year: 2012 Publisher: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press,

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The Reputational Premium presents a new theory of party identification, the central concept in the study of voting. Challenging the traditional idea that voters identify with a political party out of blind emotional attachment, this pioneering book explains why party identification in contemporary American politics enables voters to make coherent policy choices. Standard approaches to the study of policy-based voting hold that voters choose based on the policy positions of the two candidates competing for their support. This study demonstrates that candidates can get a premium in support from the policy reputations of their parties. In particular, Paul Sniderman and Edward Stiglitz present a theory of how partisans take account of the parties' policy reputations as a function of the competing candidates' policy positions. A central implication of this theory of reputation-centered choices is that party identification gives candidates tremendous latitude in their policy positioning. Paradoxically, it is the party supporters who understand and are in synch with the ideological logic of the American party system who open the door to a polarized politics precisely by making the best-informed choices on offer.

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