Paper demonstrates how to summarize, analyze, and critique an historical monograph.
Note the way in which the author dissects the text while also fairly and concisely summarizing the central points of the work under review. In his book Citizen Klansmen, author Leonard J. Moore gives a comprehensive analysis of the Ku Klux Klan as it existed in Indiana from the years 1921 through 1928. Citizen Klansmen presents the argument that the Ku Klux Klan of 1920's Indiana was not the stereotypical version of immigrant-hating vigilantes which most people associate with the Klan, but that it was instead a reflection of the popular concerns of the majority of citizens at the time. Following his introduction in Chapter 1, Moore addresses the subject of White Protestant Nationalism in Chapter 2. Moore also states that the ideals of the Klan which linked them to their followers were bigotry and hatred of specific racial and religious groups, and he points out such groups as Catholics, Jews, and immigrants which were targeted by the Klan.