The Ku Klux Klan in the Southwest / Charles C. Alexander.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alexander, Charles C., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ku Klux Klan (1915- ).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [1965]

Language Note:

English

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 1920's 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

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;

Notes:

"Bibliographical notes": p. [257]-269.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813183336

0813183332

9780813161976

0813161975

OCLC:

570098320