Texans’ use of “Come and take it” in their fight against Mexico added a new layer of nativism to the original legend, and the Alamo siege reinforced its connections to martyrdom.
So I reached out to Ackerman for a forthcoming episode of Vox Conversations to talk about how the war on terror upended American politics and set us on a glide path to nativism and lawlessness.
Deep traditions of racism and nativism found many Americans receptive, even as the United States prepared to fight against them overseas.
As history education in American K-12 schools was formalized in the late 19th century, during a period of nativism and nostalgia, the idea that such classes should inspire patriotism became more widespread.
This is a particularly gross bit of nativism, but it's also dumb.
The relatively lax immigration policy of the early 20th century gave way to rabid nativism in the 1920s.
While American nativism and anti-Semitism declined after World War II, so did the overt Jewishness of Superman.
But last I checked, neither Jean-Marie Le Pen, Filip Dewinter nor Joe Arpaio learned their nativism from reading Jabotinsky.
Except in city politics nativism had no vitality; in state and national politics it really had no excuse.
Its only real contribution to government was the proof that nativism is not Americanism.
They repudiated nativism; they repudiated independence; they abhorred the very idea of annexation.
These great companies especially promote the patriotism of Great Britain, but they are controlled by no narrow nativism.
The Old West raised the issues of nativism and a lower standard of comfort.