A True American: William Walcutt, Nativism, and Nineteenth-Century Art

by WENDY JEAN KATZ

Book Overview

This book argues that nativism, the hostility especially to Catholic immigrants that led to the organization of political parties like the Know-Nothings, affected the meaning of nineteenth-century American art in ways that have gone unrecognized. In an era of industrialization, nativism's erection of barriers to immigration appealed to artisans, a category that included most male artists at some stage in their career. But as importantly, its patriotic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823298574
• ISBN13: 9780823298570
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"