{"product_id":"immigration-and-nationalism-carl-solberg-9781477305010","title":"Immigration and Nationalism: Argentina and Chile, 1890-1914","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Dirtier than the dogs of Constantinople.\" \"Waves of human scum thrown upon our beaches by other countries.\" Such was the vitriolic abuse directed against immigrant groups in Chile and Argentina early in the twentieth century. Yet only twenty-five years earlier, immigrants had encountered a warm welcome. This dramatic change in attitudes during the quarter century preceding World War I is the subject of Carl Solberg's study. He examines in detail the responses of native-born writers and politicians to immigration, pointing out both the similarities and the significant differences between the situations in Argentina and Chile.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs attitudes toward immigration became increasingly nationalistic, the European was no longer pictured as a thrifty, industrious farmer or as an intellectual of superior taste and learning. Instead, the newcomer commonly was regarded as a subversive element, out to destroy traditional creole social and cultural values. Cultural phenomena as diverse as the emergence of the tango and the supposed corruption of the Spanish language were attributed to the demoralizing effects of immigration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing his material primarily from writers of the pre-World War I period, Solberg documents the rise of certain forms of nationalism in Argentina and Chile by examining the contemporary press, journals, literature, and drama. The conclusions that emerge from this study also have obvious application to the situation in other countries struggling with the problems of assimilating minority groups.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carl Solberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1477305017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781477305010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1969\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d","brand":"Carl Solberg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48153677791487,"sku":"9781477305010","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0a52054d-06cb-43b9-86aa-5b93643d6678.jpg?v=1770785089","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/immigration-and-nationalism-carl-solberg-9781477305010","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}