Threat to Democracy by Linda Gordon
By legitimising bigotry and redefining so-called American values, a revived Klan in the 1920s left a toxic legacy that demands re-examination today with a more strident, populist and nationalist America.
‘Threat to Democracy reminds us that Americans bid good riddance to serial aberrations in the civic and social life of our republic repeatedly, only to learn that these phenomena are as American as apple pieGordon’s timely, crisply written, indispensable primer helps explain why another aberration is now upon us.’ -- David Levering Lewis, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of W.E.B. Du Bois: A Biography
‘A first-rate historian can show us the past in a way that clarifies the present. That’s what Linda Gordon does here … Threat to Democracy reminds us that the sentiments that powered the reprise of the Klan have never been entirely absent from American life, and cannot be understood as an aberrant strain that might be entirely eliminated from the national character.’ -- Nicholas Lemann, author of Redemption
‘An excellent historical treatment of an almost forgotten yet very dangerous period of hate in America. What a history lesson for today’s electorate.’ -- Morris Dees, founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center
‘At once thoughtful, fair, and deeply troubling, Threat to Democracy exhibits the analytical wisdom of a master historian who sharply reminds us that popular mass mobilizations can be instruments of depredation.’ -- Ira Katznelson, author of the Bancroft Prize-winning Fear Itself
‘A first-rate historian can show us the past in a way that clarifies the present. That’s what Linda Gordon does here … Threat to Democracy reminds us that the sentiments that powered the reprise of the Klan have never been entirely absent from American life, and cannot be understood as an aberrant strain that might be entirely eliminated from the national character.’ -- Nicholas Lemann, author of Redemption
‘An excellent historical treatment of an almost forgotten yet very dangerous period of hate in America. What a history lesson for today’s electorate.’ -- Morris Dees, founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center
‘At once thoughtful, fair, and deeply troubling, Threat to Democracy exhibits the analytical wisdom of a master historian who sharply reminds us that popular mass mobilizations can be instruments of depredation.’ -- Ira Katznelson, author of the Bancroft Prize-winning Fear Itself
Linda Gordon is the winner of two Bancroft Prizes and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. She is the author of Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits (WW Norton, 2015), and the co-author of Feminism Unfinished: A Short, Surprising History of American Women's Movements (WW Norton, 2012). She teaches at New York University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781445674766 |
| ISBN 10 | 1445674769 |
| Title | Threat to Democracy |
| Author | Linda Gordon |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Amberley Publishing |
| Year published | 2017-10-15 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
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