America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States By: Erika Lee

Author: Erika Lee
Narrated by: Shayna Small

An award-winning historian reframes our continuing debate over immigration with a compelling history of xenophobia in the United States and its devastating impact

The United States is known as a nation of immigrants. But it is also a nation of xenophobia. In America for Americans, 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. Today, Americans fear Muslims, Latinos, and the so-called browning of America. 

Forcing us to confront this history, America for Americans explains how xenophobia works, why it has endured, and how it threatens America. It is a necessary corrective and spur to action for any concerned citizen.

20M	America for Americans - 001 - Introduction.mp3
26M	America for Americans - 002 - Chapter 1.mp3
40M	America for Americans - 003 - Chapter 2.mp3
40M	America for Americans - 004 - Chapter 3.mp3
40M	America for Americans - 005 - Chapter 4.mp3
41M	America for Americans - 006 - Chapter 5.mp3
41M	America for Americans - 007 - Chapter 6.mp3
34M	America for Americans - 008 - Chapter 7.mp3
44M	America for Americans - 009 - Chapter 8.mp3
36M	America for Americans - 010 - Chapter 9.mp3
21M	America for Americans - 011 - Conclusion.mp3
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