viii, 514 pages, 9 unnumbered leaves of plates : 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-504) and index

I. The roots of anti-Catholic prejudice -- II. The no-popery cry is raised, 1820-1829 -- III. The first convent is burned, 1830-1834 -- IV. The flames spread, 1835-1840 -- V. Saving the west from the Pope, 1835-1840 -- VI. Saving the children for protestantism, 1840-1844 -- VII. The Protestant organization is strengthened, 1840-1844 -- VIII. No-popery enters national politics, 1840-1844 -- IX. The Philadelphia riots of 1844 -- X. The period of decline, 1845-1850 -- XI. Organizing for victory, 1850-1854 -- XII. The Catholic Church blunders, 1850-1854 -- XIII. The war against the immigrant, 1850-1854 -- XIV. The literature of anti-Catholicism -- XV. The rise of known-nothingism, 1850-1854 -- XVI. Known-nothingism in action and decline, 1854-1860