The rhetoric of the know‐nothing party: nativism as a response to the rhetorical situation

• A. Cheree Carlson ^[1]
  1. [1] Arizona State University

     Arizona State University

     Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Southern communication journal, ISSN 1041-794X, Vol. 54, nº 4, 1988, págs. 364-383
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Nativism has provided the impetus for several short‐lived political movements. This paper analyzes the rhetoric of the first national political party to successfully use nativism in its platform, the Know‐Nothing party of the 1850's. The analysis of the nativist rhetoric of the party reveals that the source of both its success and failure lies in the traditional values party members used to overcome the constraints traditionally imposed upon the nativist response to the rhetorical situation.