03365nam 2200745Ia 450 991096746750332120200520144314.097808262727510826272754(CKB)2550000000105269(EBL)3440801(SSID)ssj0000737052(PQKBManifestationID)11427193(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000737052(PQKBWorkID)10783868(PQKB)10906646(MiAaPQ)EBC3440801(OCoLC)868218145(MdBmJHUP)muse26893(Au-PeEL)EBL3440801(CaPaEBR)ebr10580575(Perlego)1693912(EXLCZ)99255000000010526920111130d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDevotion to the adopted country U.S. immigrant volunteers in the Mexican War /Tyler V. JohnsonColumbia, Mo. ;London University of Missouri Pressc20121 online resource (180 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780826219732 082621973X Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-161) and index.""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"""[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.U.S. immigrant volunteers in the Mexican WarUnited States immigrant volunteers in the Mexican WarImmigrant volunteers in the Mexican WarMexican War, 1846-1848Participation, ImmigrantNativismHistory19th centuryAnti-CatholicismUnited StatesHistory19th centuryImmigrantsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryMexican War, 1846-1848Participation, Irish AmericanIrish American CatholicsHistory19th centuryCatholicsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryMexican War, 1846-1848Participation, Immigrant.NativismHistoryAnti-CatholicismHistoryImmigrantsHistoryMexican War, 1846-1848Participation, Irish American.Irish American CatholicsHistoryCatholicsHistory973.62Johnson Tyler V1805950MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910967467503321Devotion to the adopted country4354843UNINA