| Description |
1 online resource (306 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Ku Klux Klan Terminology Used in This Book; 1. Brainchild of a Dreamer; 2. ""A Passion for Reform""; 3. The Klan Moves into the Southwest; 4. The Klan's Drive for Law and Order; 5. Gestures of Peace; 6. A Taste of Victory; 7. ""Neither Klan nor King""; 8. A Sortie at Presidential Politics; 9. Uncertain Victories, Bitter Defeats; 10. The Road to Obscurity; 11. The End of the Road; Bibliographical Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z |
| Summary |
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 |
| Analysis |
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) Southwestern States |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
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| SUBJECT |
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) fast |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Advocacy.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780813161976 |
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0813161975 |
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