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The Invisible Empire in West: Toward a New Historical Appraisal of the Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s

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Description for The Invisible Empire in West: Toward a New Historical Appraisal of the Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s Paperback. Presenting an appraisal of the Ku Klux Klan's strong links to mainstream society and it's role as a medium of corrective civic action, this title examines local Klan chapters in Denver, Salt Lake City, El Paso, Anaheim and, in Oregon, Eugene and La Grande. It aims to provide insight into the complex reasons for the Klan's popularity. Editor(s): Lay, Shawn. Num Pages: 248 pages, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
 
This timely anthology describes how and why the Ku Klux Klan became one of the most influential social movements in modern American history. 
 
For decades historians have argued that the spectacular growth of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s was fueled by a postwar surge in racism, religious bigotry, and status anxiety among working-class white Americans. In recent years, however, a growing body of scholarship has complicated that appraisal, emphasizing the KKK's strong links to mainstream society and its role as a medium of corrective civic action. 
 
Addressing a set of ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252071713
SKU
V9780252071713
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About Lay
Shawn Lay, associate professor of history at Coker College, is the author of War, Revolution, and the Ku Klux Klan: A Study of Intolerance in a Border City and Hooded Knights on the Niagara: The Ku Klux Klan in Buffalo, New York.  

Reviews for The Invisible Empire in West: Toward a New Historical Appraisal of the Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s
"The Invisible Empire in the West is an outstanding contribution to the literature on the Ku Klux Klan. Its arguments must be strongly considered by those moving further toward any 'new historical appraisal' of the KKK." Journal of Interdisciplinary History "This is an important historical work. Although this study of the Klan does not justify a rush to reinterpret regional ... Read more

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