Nativism rises and falls with broader nationalist sentiment
Evidence
Continuous involvement in larger movements of American nationalism has meant that nativism usually rises and falls in some relation to other intense kinds of national feeling. The nationalist nexus has also meant that the nativist’s most characteristic complaint runs against the loyalty of some foreign (or allegedly for- eign) group. Seeing or suspecting a failure of assimilation, he fears disloyalty. — John Higham, Strangers in the Land, 28
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Nativism mirrors national anxieties and defines tolerance boundaries — John Higham, Strangers in the Land: Patterns of…, 16; Nativism is a distinct phenomenon, a defensive nationalism of perceived national crisis — John Higham, Strangers in the Land: Patterns of…, 971; Nativism is nationalism in a defensive posture. — John Higham, Strangers in the Land: Patterns of…, 1012 (+6 more)
Broader Connections
- Nativism is a distinct phenomenon, a defensive nationalism of perceived national crisis
#qualifies(0.82) — John Higham, Strangers in the Land, 971 - Nativism is nationalism in a defensive posture.
#qualifies(0.80) — John Higham, Strangers in the Land, 1012 - Prosperity reversed anti-immigrant sentiment fastest where nativism was newest
#exemplifies(0.80) — John Higham, Strangers in the Land, 631 - Institutional confidence loss, not ethnic competition, drives nativism to the national agenda
#complicates(0.78) - Class cleavage, like sectional strife, triggered unifying nationalist nativism
#expands(0.78) — John Higham, Strangers in the Land, 309 - Persistent ethnocentric judgments provide the subsoil in which nativism later grows
#expands(0.75) — John Higham, Strangers in the Land, 149