{"product_id":"america-for-americans-a-history-of-xenophobia-in-the-united-states-9781541672611","title":"America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis definitive history of American xenophobia is \"essential reading for anyone who wants to build a more inclusive society\" (Ibram X. Kendi, New York Times-bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHow to Be an Antiracist\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The United States is known as a nation of immigrants. But it is also a nation of xenophobia. In \u003ci\u003eAmerica for Americans\u003c\/i\u003e, Erika Lee shows that an irrational fear, hatred, and hostility toward immigrants has been a defining feature of our nation from the colonial era to the Trump era. 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, and Mexicans deported. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Today, Americans fear Muslims, Latinos, and the so-called browning of America. Forcing us to confront this history, Lee explains how xenophobia works, why it has endured, and how it threatens America. Now updated with an afterword reflecting on how the coronavirus pandemic turbocharged xenophobia, \u003ci\u003eAmerica for Americans\u003c\/i\u003e is an urgent spur to action for any concerned citizen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eErika Lee\u003c\/b\u003e is is the inaugural Bae Family Professor of History and Radcliffe Alumni Professor at Harvard University. The past president of the Organization of American Historians, she is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Making of Asian America\u003c\/i\u003e and other award-winning books.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50629628920082,"sku":"9781541672611","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_46317398-e681-46d1-a2bc-4c6edf755d7a.jpg?v=1732732607","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/america-for-americans-a-history-of-xenophobia-in-the-united-states-9781541672611","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}