The rise of the Ku Klux Klan :

The rise of the Ku Klux Klan : right-wing movements and national politics

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McVeigh, Rory
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2009
Series:Social movements, protest, and contention ; 32
Subjects:
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) > History > 20th century.
Right-wing extremists > United States > History > 20th century.
Racism > United States > History > 20th century.
Political culture > United States > History > 20st century.
United States > Politics and government.
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Table of Contents:
  • The Klan as a national movement
  • The rebirth of a Klan nation, 1915-1924
  • Power devaluation
  • Responding to economic change : redefining markets along cultural lines
  • National politics and mobilizing "100 percent American" voters
  • Fights over schools and booze
  • How to recruit a Klansman
  • Klan activism across the country
  • The Klans last gasp : campaigning to keep a Catholic out of the White House, 1925-1928
  • Conclusion: Right-wing movements, yesterday and today.

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