Miguel Hernandez

The Ku Klux Klan and Freemasonry in 1920s America

Fighting Fraternities

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Produktbeschreibung

The Second Ku Klux Klan's success in the 1920s remains one of the order's most enduring mysteries. This study explores the nature of fraternities, and the overlap between the Klan and Freemasonry. Drawing on untouched archival resources, it presents a detailed analysis of the Klan and its relationship with the traditions of American fraternalism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9781138549586
• ISBN-10: 1138549584
• Artikelnr.: 55101489

Autorenporträt

Miguel Hernandez is Lecturer in Twentieth Century American History in the Department of History at the University of Exeter.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1 - Klanishness: Brotherhood in the Invisible Empire
Chapter 2 - Freemasonry's Fighting Brother: Militancy
Fraternalism and the Ku Klux Klan
Chapter 3 - Kluxing America: The Use and Abuse of the Masonic Reputation
Chapter 4 - Hate At $10 a Package: Selling the Invisible Empire
Chapter 5 - Hooded Freemasons: Dual Membership and Conflict in Local Lodges
Chapter 6 - Dallas Klan No.66 and Anaheim Lodge No.207: A Case Study of Two Communities
Chapter 7 - Friend or Foe? Grand Masters' Responses to the Ku Klux Klan
Chapter 8 - The Collapse of the Second K.K.K.
Conclusion - An "Invisible" Empire?