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OverviewIn the 1920s, a revived Ku Klux Klan burst into prominence as a self-styled defender of American values, a magnet for white Protestant community formation, and a would-be force in state and national politics. But the hooded bubble burst at mid-decade, and the social movement that had attracted several million members and additional millions of sympathizers collapsed into insignificance. Since the 1990s, intensive community-based historical studies have reinterpreted the 1920s Klan. Rather than the violent, racist extremists of popular lore and current observation, 1920s Klansmen appear in these works as more mainstream figures. Sharing a restrictive American identity with most native-born white Protestants after World War I, hooded knights pursued fraternal fellowship, community activism, local reforms, and paid close attention to public education, law enforcement (especially Prohibition), and moral/sexual orthodoxy. No recent general history of the 1920s Klan movement reflects these new perspectives on the Klan. One Hundred Percent American incorporates them while also highlighting the racial and religious intolerance, violent outbursts, and political ambition that aroused widespread opposition to the Invisible Empire. Balanced and comprehensive, One Hundred Percent American explains the Klan's appeal, its limitations, and the reasons for its rapid decline in a society confronting the reality of cultural and religious pluralism. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Thomas R. PegramPublisher: Ivan R Dee, Inc Imprint: Ivan R Dee, Inc Dimensions: Width: 16.10cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.90cm Weight: 0.576kg ISBN: 9781566637114ISBN 10: 1566637112 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 16 November 2011 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPreface Chapter 1: The Klan in 1920s Society Chapter 2: Building a White, Protestant Community Chapter 3: Defining Americanism: White Supremacy and Anti-Catholicism Chapter 4: Learning Americanism: The Klan and Public Schools Chapter 5: Dry Americanism: Prohibition, Law, and Culture Chapter 6: The Problem of Hooded Violence Chapter 7: The Search for Political Influence and the Collapse of the Klan Movement Chapter 8: Echoes Afterword: Historians and the KlanReviewsA much needed, splendid synthesis of the 1920s Ku Klux Klan.--David J. Goldberg Informed by exhaustive research in primary and secondary sources, One Hundred Percent American is without doubt the most advanced and valuable general history of the Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s to date. Scholars, students, and general readers alike will find this elegantly written and astutely argued work to be of great interest.--Lay, Shawn Author InformationThomas R. Pegram is professor of history at Loyola University Maryland. Born in Hammond, Indiana, he grew up in the Midwest and California, then studied at Santa Clara University and Brandeis University, where he received a Ph.D. in American history. He has also taught at the Ohio State University. He is also the author of Battling Demon Rum: The Struggle for a Dry America, 1800-1933, and Partisans and Progressives: Private Interest and Public Policy in Illinois, 1870-1922. He lives with his family in Baltimore County, Maryland. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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