Fear-driven nationalism roused nativists but failed to assimilate immigrants

Evidence

But Americanization worked most successfully upon the immigrants through love. It was part of the paradox of the movement that the side which evoked the most ardent American response produced the slightest positive results. — John Higham, Strangers in the Land, 1424

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Nativism can collapse even as the immigrant influx it fears soars — John Higham, Strangers in the Land: Patterns of…, 644; Nativism was driven by internal anxieties, not by the immigrants themselves — John Higham, Strangers in the Land: Patterns of…, 397; Assimilative pressures drove immigrant leaders into compensatory ethnic nationalism. — John Higham, Strangers in the Land: Patterns of…, 1530 (+9 more)

Broader Connections

• Nativism can collapse even as the immigrant influx it fears soars #corroborates (0.85) — John Higham, Strangers in the Land, 644
• Assimilative pressures drove immigrant leaders into compensatory ethnic nationalism. #responds-to (0.80) — John Higham, Strangers in the Land, 1530
• Coercive Americanization backfired, driving minorities into their own defensive nationalisms #corroborates (0.80) — John Higham, Strangers in the Land, 1531
• Inclusive nationalism endured as minorities’ resistance to nativism despite defeats #corroborates (0.80) — John Higham, Strangers in the Land, 2007
• Official nationalism redirected resentment onto imported ethnic minorities #expands (0.80) — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities, 382
• A new nationalism rechanneled existing race feelings onto immigrant targets #expands (0.78) — John Higham, Strangers in the Land, 1012
• Nativism was driven by internal anxieties, not by the immigrants themselves #qualifies (0.75) — John Higham, Strangers in the Land, 397
• Nativism is a distinct phenomenon, a defensive nationalism of perceived national crisis #expands (0.75) — John Higham, Strangers in the Land, 971
• Official nationalism is an anticipatory strategy by threatened dominant groups #expands (0.75) — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities, 385
• The removal of economic threat deflated nativism regardless of rising immigration #qualifies (0.72) — John Higham, Strangers in the Land, 618
• Institutional confidence loss, not ethnic competition, drives nativism to the national agenda #qualifies (0.72)