Alt-America : the Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump /

Just as Donald Trump's victorious campaign for the US presidency shocked liberal Americans, the seemingly sudden national prominence of white supremacists, xenophobes, militia leaders and mysterious "Alt-Right" leaders mystifies many. But the extreme Right has been growing steadily in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Neiwert, David A., 1956- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; Brooklyn, New York : Verso, [2017]
Subjects:	White nationalism > United States > History > 21st century. White supremacy movements > United States > History > 21st century. Right-wing extremists > United States > History > 21st century. Radicalism > United States > History > 21st century. United States > Race relations > History > 21st century. United States > Politics and government > 1989- United States > Social conditions > 1980- POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Conservatism & Liberalism. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural & Social. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology.

Table of Contents:

Into the abyss
Alt-America
Black helicopters and truck bombs
9/11 and the dark invaders
A black president and a birth certificate
Mad Hatters and March Hares
The return of the militias
The Bundy Pandora's box
Bad days on the malheur
The alt-right reinvention
"Hail emperor Trump!"
The id unleashed
The aftermath
Afterword: fascism and our future.