Blood in the face : white nationalism from the birth of a nation to the age of Trump /

In 1990, Blood in the Face: The Ku Klux Klan, Aryan Nations, Nazi Skinheads, and the Rise of a New White Culture was the first book to uncover the contours, beliefs, leaders and wider influence of the American racist far-right movement. It told their story from the inside out, complete with intervie...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ridgeway, James, 1936-2021 (Author), Casella, Jean (Author), Quandt, Katie Rose (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : Haymarket Books [2025].
Edition:Second edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Native Americans. Aliens and know-nothings ; Birth of a nation ; Second coming ; The "Demon Jew" ; Fordism ; The Eugenics Movement ; America first ; Bunds and Bible-thumpers ; The Greatest rabble-rouser seen on Earth ; Identity conflicts
  • Chapter 2. Resurgence. Two revolutions at once ; On target ; Carlo's imperative ; Hitler's Lenin ; Rising again; The Southern strategy
  • Chapter 3. The Fifth Era. The old man of the mountain ; Field marshal of the Far Right ; Aryan outlaws ; White Patriots ; Skins ; This is war ; Race is the reason
  • Chapter 4. Posse Country. Power of the county ; The Posse "Resistance" ; Martyrs to the Posse ; The Rulo Farm horror ; Storm over Rangelands ; Party of Populists
  • Chapter 5. Okbomb. Counterattack ; True Sovereigns ; An unregulated militia ; Phineas Priests and Lone Wolves ; Army of the Right ; Elohim City ; Friends in high places ; Mainstreaming the Far Right
  • Chapter 6. Slouching towards Washington ; Counterjihad ; Fear of a black president ; "Asymmetric Warfare" ; Brewing a movement ; Party of five ; Perfect storm ; It's my party ; This land is my land ; Oath keepers and minutemen ; Ghosting the Far Right
  • Chapter 7. Alt-Right. World Wide Web of hate ; Buttoned-down racists ; Revolt of the incels ; Renaissance of the eugenicists ; National Socialists 4.0 ; Charlottesville ; Leaderless resistance redux ; Both sides now ; Conspiracy control ; Dog-whistle media
  • Chapter 8. The White House ; Bannon's Holy War ; The global anti-globalist ; The money shot ; Race to the top ; Our glorious leader ; Miller time ; Comorbidities ; Trumped
  • Epilogue by Jean Casella.