America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States [Original retail ed.] 1541672607, 978-1541672604

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America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States [Original retail ed.]
 1541672607, 978-1541672604

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  • "America for Americans is unflinching and powerful. Through extensive research and crystal clear prose, Erika Lee has masterfully tracked the phenomenon of xenophobia and its devastating effects on this nation’s democracy and its people. Spurred on by unscrupulous politicians and key segments of the press, the cadence of fear, racism, and policy violence has rained down on immigrants since the colonial period and wreaked havoc on America’s laws and claims of moral and human rights leadership. This is a must-read for all who need and want to understand how the ’leader of the free world’ came to ban a religion, violate asylum laws, and lock babies in cages."―Carol Anderson, New York Times-bestselling author of White Rage