The Ku Klux Klan : A Guide to an American Subculture
Martin. Gitlin
Bok Engelsk 2009 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Santa Barbara : : ABC-CLIO, , 2009.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (178 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Contents; Series Foreword; Preface; Klan Timeline; Chapter One: Origin of the KKK; Chapter Two: Rebirth of the KKK; Chapter Three: The Return of Terrorism; Chapter Four: Kleaner Klan; Chapter Five: The Klan Philosophy; Chapter Six: Who Joins and Why? Mysticism, Politics, and Women of the KKK; Conclusion; Biographical Sketches; Appendix: Significant Klan Leaders; Glossary of Klan Terms; Primary Documents; Selected Bibliography; Index. - The Ku Klux Klan tells the story of AmericaÕs 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 organizationÕs 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 i
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| Dewey | 322.4/20973 . - 322.4
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| ISBN | 9780313365768
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