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New PDF release: One Hundred Percent American: The Rebirth and Decline of the

By Thomas R. Pegram

ISBN-10: 1566637112

ISBN-13: 9781566637114

ISBN-10: 1566639220

ISBN-13: 9781566639224

In the Twenties, a revived Ku Klux Klan burst into prominence as a self-styled defender of yankee values, a magnet for white Protestant group formation, and a would-be strength in nation and nationwide politics. however the hooded bubble burst at mid-decade, and the social stream that had attracted a number of million contributors and extra thousands of sympathizers collapsed into insignificance. because the Nineties, in depth community-based ancient reviews have reinterpreted the Nineteen Twenties Klan. instead of the violent, racist extremists of renowned lore and present remark, Nineteen Twenties Klansmen seem in those works as extra mainstream figures. Sharing a restrictive American identification with so much native-born white Protestants after international warfare I, hooded knights pursued fraternal fellowship, neighborhood activism, neighborhood reforms, and paid shut awareness to public schooling, legislation enforcement (especially Prohibition), and moral/sexual orthodoxy.

No fresh basic background of the Nineteen Twenties Klan move displays those new views at the Klan. One Hundred percentage American accommodates them whereas additionally highlighting the racial and spiritual intolerance, violent outbursts, and political ambition that aroused frequent competition to the Invisible Empire. Balanced and entire, One Hundred percentage American explains the Klan's allure, its barriers, and the explanations for its speedy decline in a society confronting the truth of cultural and spiritual pluralism.

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