The rise of the Ku Klux Klan
Subtitle: right-wing movements and national politics
By: Rory McVeigh.
Series: Social movements, protest, and contention -- v. 32
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780816656196; 9780816656202
Subjects: Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) -- History -- 20th century; Right-wing extremists -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Social movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Racism -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Political culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Race relations -- Political aspects -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Politics and government -- 1913-1921; United States -- Politics and government -- 1921-1923; United States -- Politics and government -- 1923-1929
Description: From the Publisher: Rory McVeigh provides a revealing analysis of the broad social agenda of the 1920s-era Ku Klux Klan, showing that although the organization continued to promote white supremacy, it also addressed a wide range of social and economic issues, targeting immigrants and Catholics as well as African Americans as dangers to American society. In sharp contrast to earlier studies of the KKK, McVeigh treats the Klan as it saw itself-as a national organization concerned with national issues.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Klan as a national movement; title: The rebirth of a Klan nation, 1915-1924; title: Power devaluation; title: Responding to economic change : redefining markets along cultural lines; title: National politics and mobilizing "100 percent American" voters; title: Fights over schools and booze; title: How to recruit a Klansman; title: Klan activism across the country; title: The Klan's last gasp : campaigning to keep a Catholic out of the White House, 1925-1928; title: Conclusion: Right-wing movements, yesterday and today.