Introduction -- Part 1. Nationalism, Republicanism and the first parties -- Immigration, expansion and the mass parties -- Slavery, labor and the new immigration -- Part 2. Parties, progress and closing the open door -- The rise and fall of the New Deal -- Ideological parties and the return of mass immigration -- Multiculturalism and Nationalism: Obama and Trump.
Summary:
"Party and Nation examines party competition in American history through the lens of debates over immigration, an issue central to national identity. The authors argue that today's divide between nationalism and multiculturalism represents a dramatic change in the very nature of the party regime in the United States"-- Provided by publisher.
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