Donald Trump and the Know-Nothing Movement Understanding the 2016 US Election /

• Main Author: Volle, Jeffrey J. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: United States-Politics and government.; World politics.; Elections.; Political leadership.; US Politics.; Political History.; Electoral Politics.; Political Leadership.

Historically, segments of white Americans have let racist paranoia supersede judicious reasoning throughout our history. The 2016 Presidential election in the United States brought the Know-Nothing's back from the hidden depths of our history books. This book provides a historical account of th...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Original Know-Nothing's
• 3. Our 13th President now a Know-Nothing!
• 4. Trump '68
• 5. Obama and the Resurrection of the Know Nothing
• 6. The World is Watching-Again!
• 7. Conclusions.