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

In 1915, forty years after the original Ku Klux Klan disbanded, a former farmer, circuit preacher, and university lecturer named Colonel William Joseph Simmons revived the secret society. By the early 1920s the KKK had been transformed into a national movement with millions of dues-paying members an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McVeigh, Rory (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2009.
Colección:Social movements, protest, and contention ; v. 32.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In 1915, forty years after the original Ku Klux Klan disbanded, a former farmer, circuit preacher, and university lecturer named Colonel William Joseph Simmons revived the secret society. By the early 1920s the KKK had been transformed into a national movement with millions of dues-paying members and chapters in all of the nation's forty-eight states. And unlike the Reconstruction-era society, the 1920s-era Klan exerted its influence far beyond the South. In The Rise of the Ku Klux Klan, Rory McVeigh provides a revealing analysis of the broad social agenda of 1920s-era KKK, showing that althoug.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (244 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780816667765
0816667764