Behind the Mask of Chivalry : The Making of the Second Ku Klux Klan.
Title:
Behind the Mask of Chivalry : The Making of the Second Ku Klux Klan.
Author:
MacLean, Nancy K.
ISBN:
9780198023654
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (327 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Introduction -- PART I: CONTEXT AND MOTIVE -- 1 Mobilizing the Invisible Army -- 2 "Where Money Rules and Morals Rot": The Vise of Modernity -- 3 Men in the Middle: The Class Composition of the Klan -- PART II: CONTENT AND PURPOSE -- 4 Reactionary Populism: The Politics of Class -- 5 "Cleaning Up" Morality: The Politics of Sex and Age -- 6 The Approaching Apocalypse: The Politics of Race -- 7 Paramilitary Paternalism: The Politics of Terror -- PART III: MEANINGS -- 8 Conclusion: The Second Klan in Larger Perspective -- Appendices -- Abbreviations Used in Notes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
Abstract:
This study offers a major new interpretation of the Ku Klux Klan in the USA, placing the organization in its context of class and gender as well as race and religion.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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