{"product_id":"america-for-americans-a-history-of-xenophobia-in-the-united-states","title":"America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe definitive history of American xenophobia \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A sweeping record of xenophobia in the U.S., highlighting the different ways minority groups have been humiliated, discriminated against and even deported.\"--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTime\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe United States is known as a nation of immigrants. But it is also a nation of xenophobia. In\u003ci\u003e America for Americans\u003c\/i\u003e, Erika Lee shows that an irrational hostility toward immigrants has always been a defining feature of our nation. Benjamin Franklin ridiculed Germans for their \"strange and foreign ways.\" Americans' anxiety over Irish Catholics turned xenophobia into a national political movement. Chinese immigrants were excluded, Japanese incarcerated, Mexicans deported, and Muslims banned. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eForcing us to confront this history, Lee explains how xenophobia works, why it has endured, and how it threatens America.\u003ci\u003e America for Americans\u003c\/i\u003e is an urgent spur to action for any concerned citizen.","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48000178356413,"sku":"BS-TC0-672611","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0771\/9767\/2637\/files\/9781541672611-HD.jpg?v=1786798408","url":"https:\/\/boundigo.com\/products\/america-for-americans-a-history-of-xenophobia-in-the-united-states","provider":"Boundigo Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}