Donald Trump and the Know-Nothing Movement: Understanding the 2016 Us Election - Hardback

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.

• | Author: Jeffrey J. Volle
• | Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• | Publication Date: Jun 05, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 123 pages
• | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
• | ISBN-10: 3319783335
• | ISBN-13: 9783319783338