|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. |
Record Nr. |
UNINA9910779111403321 |
|
|
Autore |
Johnson Tyler V |
|
|
Titolo |
Devotion to the adopted country [[electronic resource] ] : U.S. immigrant volunteers in the Mexican War / / Tyler V. Johnson |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
|
|
Columbia, Mo. ; ; London, : University of Missouri Press, c2012 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISBN |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Descrizione fisica |
|
1 online resource (180 p.) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Disciplina |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soggetti |
|
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 |
United States |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lingua di pubblicazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
|
|
|
|
|
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
|
|
|
|
|
Note generali |
|
Description based upon print version of record. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di bibliografia |
|
Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-161) and index. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di contenuto |
|
""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1: "To Stop the Mouths of Mendacious Croakers" : Defeating Nativists through Enlistment ""; ""Chapter 2: The Most Valuable Men: Immigrants on Campaign in Mexico ""; ""Chapter 3: Defending the Fatherland: Proving Loyalty in Combat ""; ""Chapter 4: "A Most Disgraceful and Violent Encounter" : Damage Control of the Jasper Greens Riot ""; ""Chapter 5: "Eminent and Beloved Chaplains" : Father John McElroy and Anthony Rey in the Army ""; ""Chapter 6: Laurels Won by Adopted Citizens: Ethnic Memory of the War ""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes"" |
""Bibliography""""Index"" |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sommario/riassunto |
|
"[This book] looks at efforts of America's 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"--Jacket. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|