Robber Barons and Wretched Refuse explores the connection between the so-called Robber Barons who led American big businesses During the Gilded Age and Progressive Era and the immigrants who composed many of their workforces.
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Zeidel argues, attribution of industrial-era Class conflict to an "alien" presence supplements nativism--a sociocultural negativity toward foreign-born residents--as a reason for Americans\' dislike and distrust of immigrants.
As Robert F.
Robber Barons and Wretched Refuse explores the connection between the so-called Robber Barons who led American big businesses During the Gilded Age and Progressive Era and the immigrants who composed many of their workforces