Donald Trump and the Know-Nothing Movement

Historically, segments of white Americans have let racist paranoiasupersede judicious reasoning throughout our history. The 2016Presidential election in the United States brought the Know-Nothing's backfrom the hidden depths of our history books. This book provides ahistorical account of the Know-Nothing Party in the 1850s through theirreemergence 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'sAmerican Independent Party in the '60s, up into its appearance in theTrump movement, this book provides a guide for understanding the 2016Republican Party agenda through its inheritance from the Know-NothingMovement.