A concise history of American antisemitism / Robert Michael.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : "The United States is above all things a Christian nation" -- "We never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when we do it out of religious conviction" : European antisemitism before the founding of America -- "The preservation of Christianity is one of the great and leading ends of government" : the Jews in the American colonies and early state history -- "Chock full of lies, wickedness, and blasphemy" : American attitudes toward Jews before the Civil War -- "A people whose feet run to evil" : American antisemitism from the Civil War through World War I -- "The Jews reap more and more dislike as they better themselves" : American responses to Jews during the interwar period -- "The acquiescence of this government in the murder of the Jews" : America, the Jews, and the Holocaust from 1938 to 1945 -- "The Jews are dangerous people" : a new beginning? America and the Jews since 1945.