The Ku Klux Klan in the Southwest /

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This is a study of a disturbing phenomenon in American society -- the Ku Klux Klan -- and that eruption of nativism, racism and moral authoritarianism during the 1920s in the four states of the Southwest -- Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Arkansas -- in which the Klan became especially powerful. The...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Alexander, Charles C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, [2015], 1965.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) > History.
Antisemitism > United States.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Political Advocacy.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This is a study of a disturbing phenomenon in American society -- the Ku Klux Klan -- and that eruption of nativism, racism and moral authoritarianism during the 1920s in the four states of the Southwest -- Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Arkansas -- in which the Klan became especially powerful. The hooded order is viewed here as a move by frustrated Americans, through anonymous acts of terror and violence, and later through politics), to halt a changing social order and restore familiar orthodox traditions of morality. Entering the Southwest during the post-World War I period of discontent an.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (304 pages).
ISBN:9780813161976

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