The biggest lie : the prehistory of American fascism, 1818-1915 / Joseph Kelly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kelly, Joseph, 1962- Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

White nationalism--United States--History.

White nationalism.

Fascism--United States--History.

Fascism.

White people--United States--Attitudes--History.

White people.

Elite (Social sciences)--United States--Attitudes--History.

Elite (Social sciences).

Slavery--United States--History--19th century.

Slavery.

Indian Removal, 1813-1903.

Segregation--United States--History.

Segregation.

African Americans--Segregation--History.

African Americans.

Southern States--History--1775-1865.

Southern States.

United States--Race relations--History.

United States.

Racism--United States--History.

Racism.

fascism.

African Americans--Segregation.

Elite (Social sciences)--Attitudes.

White people--Attitudes.

Genre:

History

Informational works

Informational works.

Physical Description:

xix, 379 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

illustration

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2026.

Summary:

"An eye-opening work of narrative history tracing the roots of American fascism back to the Antebellum South. In The Biggest Lie, Joseph Kelly chronicles fascism's deep roots in the antebellum South; its codification under Jim Crow; and, then, after the Spanish American War, its ascendency in the form of Anglo-Saxon nationalism, proposing that the nation belongs to a master-race--the original lie of American fascism. In this dark hour of American history, Kelly's gripping story reminds us that the monied elite have always exceled at deploying disinformation to bias and inflame the masses, and that there have always been courageous patriots helping us to fight our way out of darkness toward the light"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Part 1: The new republic. The idea of equality ; The origins of inequality ; The plain folk of the Old South ; Southern nationalism

Part 2: The second republic. "A new birth of freedom" ; How the South won the Civil War ; Lying about Black folks ; The Southern Question ; Forty shades of white

Part 3: The American Empire. The white man's burden ; The leopard's spots ; Atlanta ; The first liberal ; Lying about labor ; The birth of a new nation

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-363) and index.

Other Format:

Online version Kelly, Joseph Biggest lie

ISBN:

9781639732111

163973211X

OCLC:

1583408830

Publisher Number:

90104886465