The politics of losing : Trump, the Klan, and the mainstreaming of resentment /

The Ku Klux Klan has peaked three times in American history, after the Civil War, around the 1960s Civil Rights Movement and in the 1920s, when the Klan spread farthest and fastest. Recruiting millions of members even in non-Southern states, the Klan's nationalist insurgency burst into mainstre...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	McVeigh, Rory (Author), Estep, Kevin (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]
Subjects:	Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) > History. Trump, Donald, > 1946- White nationalism > United States > History. White supremacy movements > United States > History. Whites > Race identity > United States > History. United States > Race relations > Political aspects. United States > Politics and government > 2017-

Table of Contents:

The Ku Klux Klan in American history
Power and political alignments
Economics and white nationalism
Where Trump found his base
Politics and white nationalism
Status and white nationalism
White nationalism versus the press
The future of white nationalism and American politics.