Nativism mirrors national anxieties and defines tolerance boundaries

Evidence

Nativism as a habit of mind illuminates darkly some of the large contours of the American past; it has mirrored our anxieties and marked out the bounds of our tolerance. — John Higham, Strangers in the Land, 16

Categorization

• XREF: The idea that nativism functions as an anxiety-mirror — solidarity manufactured over diffuse fear — maps onto the reader’s external-enemy-as-other framework. — connects to: Nativism is a distinct phenomenon, a defensive nationalism of perceived national crisis — John Higham, Strangers in the Land: Patterns of…, 971; Nativism rises and falls with broader nationalist sentiment — John Higham, Strangers in the Land: Patterns of…, 28; Institutional confidence loss, not ethnic competition, drives nativism to the national agenda (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Nativism is a distinct phenomenon, a defensive nationalism of perceived national crisis #expands (0.85) — John Higham, Strangers in the Land, 971
• Nativism is nationalism in a defensive posture. #corroborates (0.85) — John Higham, Strangers in the Land, 1012
• Nativism was driven by internal anxieties, not by the immigrants themselves #corroborates (0.82) — John Higham, Strangers in the Land, 397
• Nativism rises and falls with broader nationalist sentiment #corroborates (0.80) — John Higham, Strangers in the Land, 28
• Institutional confidence loss, not ethnic competition, drives nativism to the national agenda #expands (0.78)
• Perceived incompatibility with national liberty, not doctrine, fed Protestant nativism #expands (0.75) — John Higham, Strangers in the Land, 38