Subtitle: Patterns of American Nativism, 18601925
Author: John Higham
Subject: American Studies/American History
Paper ISBN 0-8135-3123-3
Description: The revised edition of this title features a new Epilogue!
From the Preface of Strangers in the Land
"This book attempts a general history of the anti-foreign spirit that I have defined as nativism. It tries to show how American nativism evolved its own distinctive patterns, how it has ebbed and flowed under the pressure of successive impulses in American history, how it has fared at every social level and in every section where it left a mark, and how it has passed into action. Fundamentally, this remains a study of public opinion, but I have sought to follow the movement of opinion wherever it led, relating it to political pressures, social organization, economic changes, and intellectual interests."from the Preface
Praise for Strangers in the Land
"An exciting, mature volume, a tightly knit narrative that progresses with all the momentum of adventure fiction, the sparkling prose of a gifted writer, the sweeping generalization of a seasoned scholar. It is a stimulating appraisal of one phase of the American mind during its growth to maturity."Saturday Review
". . . a brilliantly executed study . . . an exceedingly able piece of historical research and analysis."The New York Times Book Review
" . . . a tempered handling of a passionate theme . . . an important contribution."Journal of American History
"Highams scholarly study of the ebb and flow of restrictive immigration since the Civil War has succeeded so admirably that it truly illuminates our times."American Journal of Sociology
John Higham is Professor Emeritus of History at The Johns Hopkins University. He is past president of the Organization of American Historians and of the Immigration History Society. He is the author of many books, including Writing American History: Essays on Modern Scholarship and most recently Hanging Together: Unity and Diversity in American Culture.
