Foreword
by Erich Goode

Introduction. From Out of the Shadows: Moral Panics and the Search for Scapegoats

Chapter 1. “They're Plotting to Overthrow the Country!” The Great Catholic Scare

Chapter 2. “No Dogs, No Negroes, No Mexicans”: The Southern Border Menace

Chapter 3. “The Mongolian Hordes Must Go!” The Chinese Migration Ban

Chapter 4. “Childlike, Barbaric, and Otherwise Inferior”: The Fear of Native Americans—Foreigners in Their Own Land

Chapter 5. “Don't Trust the Huns!” The Anti-German Hysteria of World War I

Chapter 6. “Beware the Yellow Peril”: The Japanese American Scare

Chapter 7. “The Jews Are Spying for Hitler!” The Refugee Panic of World War II

Chapter 8. “Be Wary of the Wolf in Sheep's Clothing!” Muslim Refugees and Immigrants—Just the Latest Fear

Chapter 9. From Mexicans to Muslims: Stepping Out of the Shadow of Fear and Facing the Enemy Within

Notes

Index