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Titre: The Ku Klux Klan in Western Pennsylvania, 1921–1928 Condition: Neuf Auteur: John Craig Format: Relié ISBN-10: 1611461642 EAN: 9781611461640 ISBN: 9781611461640 Publisher: Lehigh University Press Genre: History Sujet: Social Sciences, Society & Culture Date de publication: 2014-10-27 Description: Relying primarily on a narrative, chronological approach, this study examines Ku Klux Klan activities in Pennsylvania’s twenty-five western-most counties, where the state organization enjoyed greatest numerical strength. The work covers the period between the Klan’s initial appearance in the state in 1921 and its virtual disappearance by 1928, particularly the heyday of the Invisible Empire, 1923–1925. This book examines a wide variety of KKK activities, but devotes special attention to the two large and deadly Klan riots in Carnegie and Lilly, as well as vigilantism associated with the intolerant order. Klansmen were drawn from a pool of ordinary Pennsylvanians who were driven, in part, by the search for fraternity, excitement, and civic betterment. However, their actions were also motivated by sinister, darker emotions and purposes. Disdainful of the rule of law, the Klan sought disorder and mayhem in pursuit of a racist, nativist, anti-Catholic, anti-Jewish agenda. Sujet: Anglais Pays/Région de fabrication: US Item Height: 236 Item Length: 161.00 Item Width: 22.00 Poids: 490g Année de publication: 2014 Information manquante?
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