title: American Catholics: A History of the Roman Catholic Community in the United States (Galaxy Books)
author:  James J. Hennesey 
description: "Still the best single volume introduction to American Catholicism."--Rodger Payne, LSU<br /><br />"His narrative has both coherence and richness...especially with regard to such minority groups as native Americans, Latins, and blacks."--Theology Digest<br /><br />"Will remain a definitive study for years to come....Required reading for all students interested in American Church history."--Religious Resources
zlib_text: Inventing America’s First Immigration Crisis
  
  Catholic Practice in North America
  
  _Series editor:_
  
  John C. Seitz, Associate Professor, Th eology Department, Fordham University;
  Associate Director for Lincoln Center, Curran Center for American Catholic
  Studies
  
  Th is series aims to contribute to the growing field of Catholic studies
  through the publication of books devoted to the historical and cultural study
  of Catholic practice in North America, from the colonial period to the
  present. As the term “practice” suggests, the series springs from a pressing
  need in the study of American Catholicism for empirical investigations and
  creative explorations and analyses of the contours of Catholic experience. In
  seeking to provide more comprehensive maps of Catholic practice, this series
  is committed to publishing works from diverse American locales, including
  urban, suburban, and rural settings; ethnic, postethnic, and transnational
  contexts; private and public sites; and seats of power as we