Devotion to the adopted country : U.S. immigrant volunteers in the Mexican War

Devotion to the adopted country : U.S. immigrant volunteers in the Mexican War /

In Devotion to the Adopted Country, Tyler V. Johnson looks at the efforts of Americas Democratic Party and Catholic leadership to use the service of immigrant volunteers in the U.S. Mexican War as a weapon against nativism and anti-Catholicism. Each chapter focuses on one of the five major events or...

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Main Author: Johnson, Tyler V.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Columbia, Missouri : University of Missouri Press, 2012
Subjects:
Mexican War, 1846-1848 > Participation, Immigrant.
Nativism > History > 19th century.
Anti-Catholicism > United States > History > 19th century.
Immigrants > United States > History > 19th century.
Mexican War, 1846-1848 > Participation, Irish-American.
Irish American Catholics > History > 19th century.
Catholics > United States > History > 19th century.
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