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The second coming of the KKK : the Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s and the American political tradition

Call Number

  • 322.42 G6639 (CEN)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2017]

Physical Description

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.

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.

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