Anti-Catholic and anti-radical nativism shared one core assumption of immigrant disloyalty

Evidence

Despite inconsistencies between the two charges of submissiveness to tyranny and abandonment to discontent, anti-Catholic and anti-radical nativism agreed in a cardinal assumption: the European’s disloyalty strikes directly at republican freedom. — John Higham, Strangers in the Land, 44 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: Municipal reform crusades adopted unabashed nativism against immigrant voters — John Higham, Strangers in the Land: Patterns of…, 241; Anti-Catholic and anti-radical nativism defined enemies first while racial nativism defined the in-group first — John Higham, Strangers in the Land: Patterns of…, 55; Anti-Catholic and anti-radical nativism shared a cardinal loyalty assumption. — John Higham, Strangers in the Land: Patterns of…, 44 (+4 more)

Broader Connections