The Ku Klux Klan: A Guide to an American Subculture Contributor(s): Gitlin, Martin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0313365768 ISBN-13: 9780313365768 Publisher: Greenwood OUR PRICE: $42.57 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2009 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Discrimination & Race Relations - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Radicalism - History | United States - General |
Dewey: 322.420 |
LCCN: 2009022122 |
Series: Guides to Subcultures and Countercultures |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.34" W x 9.3" (0.91 lbs) 180 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The Ku Klux Klan tells the story of America's oldest and largest homegrown terrorist organization. It is a revealing look at the philosophies and methods of a secret society that used religious symbols, secret codes, and the cloak of anonymity to bind its members together in the cause of violent racial warfare. The Ku Klux Klan encompasses the organization's entire history, from its post-Civil War founding by Nathan Bedford Forrest, to its high watermark in the early 20th century, with membership swelling to four million and its founders portrayed as heroes in the film, Birth of a Nation to its resurgence in the Civil Rights era, to more recent attempts by David Duke and others to put a benign face on the Klan in order to gain elective office. |