The Ku Klux Klan by Kristofer Allerfeldt

The Ku Klux Klan by Kristofer Allerfeldt

For the past 150 years, the Ku Klux Klan has murdered and tortured its way through US history. By reputation it is one of the most notorious and ultra-violent terrorist groups in the world; even today the Klan occasionally rears its ugly, trademarked, hooded head. But the truth is that it has been in terminal decline since the 1960s – and the myth is now far more dangerous than the reality. From its Civil War origins as an insurgency in the defeated South, the Klan became a mass movement in the 1920s and a byword for bigotry and racism in the civil rights era. Since then, however, its numbers have fallen; yet it remains a potent symbol of white supremacist terror in our polarised world. Drawing on twenty years of primary research, The Ku Klux Klan: An American History seeks to demystify one of the most hated, feared and poorly understood organisations in history.

Combines lucid political analysis with eye-popping details of violence

-- Christopher Silvester * The Spectator *

Kristofer Allerfeldt is a professor of US history at the University of Exeter. He has written articles, both popular and academic; and lectured in Europe, the UK and the US. He has also produced four academic books.

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ISBN 13	9781803990163
ISBN 10	1803990163
Titel	The Ku Klux Klan
Autor	Kristofer Allerfeldt
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	The History Press Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr	2024-02-22
Seitenanzahl	432
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