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Donald Trump and the Know-Nothing Movement

Understanding the 2016 US Election

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  • © 2019

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Authors:
  1. Jeffrey J. Volle

    1. Olmsted Falls, OH, USA

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  • Contextualizes the 2016 presidential election with the background of the 19th century Know-Nothing movement

  • Provides further historical context through events such as the 1940 Republican nomination of a businessman, the 1960 election of John F. Kennedy, and 2008 election of Barack Obama.

  • Offers valuable insights for students, academics, and the politically-minded

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Jeffrey J. Volle
    Pages 1-9

  3. The Original Know-Nothings

    • Jeffrey J. Volle
    Pages 11-25

  4. Our Thirteenth President Now a Know-Nothing!

    • Jeffrey J. Volle
    Pages 27-43

  5. Trump ’68

    • Jeffrey J. Volle
    Pages 45-74

  6. Obama and the Resurrection of the Know-Nothing

    • Jeffrey J. Volle
    Pages 75-93

  7. The World Is Watching—Again!

    • Jeffrey J. Volle
    Pages 95-109

  8. Conclusions

    • Jeffrey J. Volle
    Pages 111-117

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 119-123
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About this book

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 the Know-Nothing Party in the 1850s through their reemergence in the 21st century with the election of Donald Trump. Analyzing the anti-immigration and anti-Catholic rhetoric of the Know-Nothing movement and tracing that same rhetoric in George Wallace's American Independent Party in the '60s, up into its appearance in the Trump movement, this book provides a guide for understanding the 2016 Republican Party agenda through its inheritance from the Know-Nothing Movement.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Olmsted Falls, OH, USA

    Jeffrey J. Volle

About the author

Jeffrey J. Volle is an independent scholar who has three previous books published with Palgrave Macmillan: The Political Legacies of Barry Goldwater and George McGovern: Shifting Party Paradigms, Clinton/Gore: Victory from a Shadow Box and Twenty-Five Years of GOP Presidential Nominations: Threading the Needle. 

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