Moral Minorities and the Making of American Democracy SS_Gift_Guide "A sweeping record of xenophobia

"A sweeping record of xenophobia in the U

20 years after its original publication

“A thought-provoking memoir about the challenges of personal and national relations

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Caught in the crossfire are people: their thwarted ambitions

Moral Minorities and the Making of American Democracy SS_Gift_Guide "A sweeping record of xenophobiaShould the majority always rule? If not, how should the rights of minorities be protected? In Moral Minorities and the Making of American Democracy, Kyle G. Volk unearths the origins of modern ideas and practices of minority rights politics. Focusing on controversies spurred by the explosion of grassroots moral reform in the early nineteenth century, he shows how a motley but powerful array of self understood minorities reshaped American democracy as