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Klansville, U.S.A.
David Cunningham
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Description for Klansville, U.S.A.
Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JPVH1; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 166 x 28. Weight in Grams: 614.
In the 1960s, on the heels of the Brown vs. Board of Education decision and in the midst of the growing Civil Rights Movement, Ku Klux Klan activity boomed, reaching an intensity not seen since the 1920s, when the KKK boasted over 4 million members. Most surprisingly, the state with the largest Klan membership--more than the rest of the South combined--was North Carolina, a supposed bastion of southern-style progressivism. Klansville, U.S.A. is the first substantial history of the civil rights-era KKK's astounding rise and fall, focusing on the under-explored case of the United Klans of America (UKA) in ... Read more
In the 1960s, on the heels of the Brown vs. Board of Education decision and in the midst of the growing Civil Rights Movement, Ku Klux Klan activity boomed, reaching an intensity not seen since the 1920s, when the KKK boasted over 4 million members. Most surprisingly, the state with the largest Klan membership--more than the rest of the South combined--was North Carolina, a supposed bastion of southern-style progressivism. Klansville, U.S.A. is the first substantial history of the civil rights-era KKK's astounding rise and fall, focusing on the under-explored case of the United Klans of America (UKA) in ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199752027
SKU
V9780199752027
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Ref
99-23
About David Cunningham
David Cunningham is Associate Professor of Sociology at Brandeis University and the author of There's Something Happening Here: The New Left, the Klan, and FBI Counterintelligence.
Reviews for Klansville, U.S.A.
The book is written in a lively and accessible style and is based on a solid array of archival sources and personal interviews, including with Klan leaders and members.
Glenn Feldman, Journal of American Studies
Glenn Feldman, Journal of American Studies