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The united states taking the foreign-born share of the population up to 15% was in the late 19th century. what happened was exactly what's happened in our time. a populous backlash. natiiv nativism, populism, deep roots. in my book, i tell the story of a trump of the late 19th century. he campaigned with a slogan the chinese must go. opposing chinese immigration into california. you had to take him both literally and seriously because that then got enacted with the 1882 exclusion act. throughout the last couple of years i've argued we shouldn't think of donald trump as a fascist or some kind o...