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The second coming of the KKK : the Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s and the American political tradition
Author
Title
The second coming of the KKK : the Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s and the American political tradition / Linda Gordon.
ISBN
9781631493690
1631493698
Edition
First edition.
Publication
New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2017]
Physical Description
xiv, 272 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Summary
By legitimizing bigotry and redefining so-called American values, a revived Klan in the 1920s left a toxic legacy that demands reexamination today.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 07, 2017
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: "100% Americanism"
Rebirth
Ancestors
Structures of feeling
Recruitment, ritual, and profit
Spectacles and Evangelicals
Vigilantism and manliness
KKK feminism
Oregon and the attack on parochial schools
Political and economic warfare
Constituents
Legacy: down but not out.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
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