Continuing to reinforce the centrality of white Protestant capitalist culture to American identity sometimes requires Americans to turn their hostile gaze on the heathen Hindu, sneaking in through that seemingly innocuous—not to mention irresistibly sexy—fitness practice, yoga. Other times, Hindus become allies of the white supremacist American nationalist machine as the gaze turns to the terrorist Muslim. Large swathes of Americans find themselves united by anxiety about immigration, as well as perceived threats to capitalist and patriarchal forms of domination. Hence, there are many Americans, past and present, who propagate militant forms of nationalism all while selling themselves as the protectors of American social values. Altman’s book significantly adds to our understanding of the long history of this pervasive anxiety and alienation in American culture.