The second coming of the KKK : the Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s and the American political tradition Linda Gordon

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gordon, Linda, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ku Klux Klan (1915- )--History--20th century.

Ku Klux Klan (1915- ).

Ku Klux Klan (1915- .).

Racism--United States--History--20th century.

Racism.

Hate groups--United States--History--20th century.

Hate groups.

Political culture--United States--History--20th century.

Political culture.

United States--Race relations--History--20th century.

United States.

Local Subjects:

Ku Klux Klan (1915- .).

Physical Description:

xiv, 272 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2017]

Summary:

By legitimizing bigotry and redefining so-called American values, a revived Klan in the 1920s left a toxic legacy that demands reexamination today.

"A new Ku Klux Klan arose in the early 1920s, a less violent but equally virulent descendant of the relatively small, terrorist Klan of the 1870s. Unknown to most Americans today, this "second Klan" largely flourished above the Mason-Dixon Line--its army of four-to-six-million members spanning the continent from New Jersey to Oregon, its ideology of intolerance shaping the course of mainstream national politics throughout the twentieth century...Never secret, this Klan recruited openly, through newspaper ads, in churches, and through extravagant mass "Americanism" pageants, often held on Independence Day. These "Klonvocations" drew tens of thousands and featured fireworks, airplane stunts, children's games, and women's bake-offs--and, of course, cross-burnings. The Klan even controlled about one hundred and fifty newspapers, as well as the Cavalier Motion Picture Company, dedicated to countering Hollywood's "immoral"--and Jewish--influence. The Klan became a major political force, electing thousands to state offices and over one hundred to national offices..."--Dust jacket.

Contents:

Introduction : "100% Americanism"

Rebirth

Ancestors

Structures of feeling

Recruitment, ritual, and profit

Spectacles and Evangelicals

Vigilantism and manliness

KKK feminism

Oregon and the attack on parochial schools

Political and economic warfare

Constituents

Legacy : down but not out.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-250) and index.

Local Notes:

The Balch Ethnic Studies Collection.

ISBN:

9781631493690

1631493698

OCLC:

971351860