Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents xi
3. Introduction 1
4. Chapter 1 The Valley of Decision 9
5. Chapter 2 Culture War 31
6. Chapter 3 The Power of Nativist Rhetoric 60
7. Chapter 4 The Order of Know-Nothings and Secret Democracy 82
8. Chapter 5 Crime, Poverty, and the Economic Origins of Political Nativism 105
9. Chapter 6 From Anti-Catholicism to Church-State Separation 148
10. Epilogue. The Specter of Anti-Catholicism, New Nativism, and the Ascendancy of Religious Freedom 174
11. Notes 185
12. Index 251
13. About the Author 255