Hooded Americanism: The History of the Ku Klux Klan

by David J. Chalmers

Overview

"The only work that treats Ku Kluxism for the entire period of it's existence . . . the authoritative work on the period. Hooded Americanism is exhaustive in its rich detail and its use of primary materials to paint the picture of a century of terror. It is comprehensive, since it treats the entire period, and enjoys the perspective that the long view provides. It is timely, since it emphasizes the undeniable persistence of terrorism in American life."—John Hope Franklin

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780822377818
Publisher:	Duke University Press
Publication date:	02/13/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	488
File size:	2 MB

Table of Contents

Contents Preface: Media Hype and Poor-Boy Politics 1. A Quick Look behind the Mask 2. The Klan Rides, 1865-71 3. The Birth of a Nation 4. The Klan Revival, 1915-21 5. The Eyes of Texas 6. Mayhem and Martial Law in Oklahoma 7. The Razorback Klan 8. Louisiana: Black Sheets among the Bayous 9. Mississippi: Fiery Crosses on the Levee 10. Georgia: The Klan Tabernacle 11. The Heart of Dixie 12. Oregon: Puritanism Repotted 13. Success and Schism in the Tarheel State 14. Klansmen in the Carolina Piedmont 15. The Price of Success 16. The Ten-Dollar Special 17. Gold-Rush Days in California 18. Pikes Peak or Bust 19. In Defense of Inland America 20. Twisting the Klan's Shirttail in Kansas 21. Bad Luck in Minneapolis 22. Border-State Klans 23. Klan Castles in Indiana 24. Mighty Ohio 25. The Fighting Illini 26. Badger Games in Wisconsin 27. White Robes on Woodward Avenue 28. National Politics 29. The Championship Fight in Madison Square Garden 30. Anticlimax: The Nineteen Twenty-four Election 31. From Canada to the Rio Grande 32. Every Man for Himself in Florida 33. Attempted Dominion in Virginia 34. Riotous Doings in Penn's Woods 35. Methodists and Madness in the Garden State 36. The E-ri-e Was a-Rising, and the Gin Was Getting Low 37. Defending the Puritan Fathers 38. The Klan International 39. Marching on Washington 40. Decline 41. Nineteen Twenty-eight, a Year of Perils and Promises 42. The Depression Decade, 1929-39 43. All Dressed Up But Not Going Anywhere: The Colescott Era 44. The Hooded World of Dr. Green 45. The Death of the Dragon 46. Laissez Faire, Violence, and Confusion in the Late Fifties 47. The New Frontiers of the Nineteen Sixties 48. The Long Hot Summer 49. Declining Power 50. Bad Times in the 1970s 51. Confrontation, Poor-Boy Politics, and Revival 52. Death in Greensboro 53. The Enduring Klan Acknowledgments Bibliography Index

Editorial Reviews

"Chalmers has steeped himself in the details of the KKK organization, personalities, and intrigue, and particularly their relation to the entire nation. . . . Chalmers has not only read widely; he has pondered the meaning and destiny of the Klan."-- "American Historical Review"

"Significant scholarship; a crucial work."--William E. Leuchtenberg "New York Times"

From the Publisher

"Chalmers has steeped himself in the details of the KKK organization, personalities, and intrigue, and particularly their relation to the entire nation. . . . Chalmers has not only read widely; he has pondered the meaning and destiny of the Klan."

American Historical Review

"Significant scholarship; a crucial work."

New York Times - William E. Leuchtenberg