1920s American extremism
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American nativism
anti-Catholic propaganda
anti-Catholic sentiment
anti-immigrant sentiment
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borderlands studies
Canadian-American borderlands
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Catholic communities in the Northeast
Catholic immigrant communities
Catholic resistance to extremism
Catholic-Protestant tensions
Catholic-targeted persecution
cross-border cultural tensions
early 20th-century hate groups
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ethnic and religious conflict
ethnic prejudice in the U.S.
ethnicity and social exclusion
fraternal and civic networks
French-language newspapers
historical hate groups
historical religious antagonism
historical religious discrimination
immigrant experiences in the U.S.
Klan activism and organization
Klan and Canadian immigrants
Klan and labor conflicts
Klan archives research
Klan documents and archives
Klan historiography
Klan influence on local politics
Klan membership demographics
Klan propaganda analysis
Klan recruitment strategies
Klan resurgence in the 1920s
Ku Klux Klan history
Ku Klux Klan scholarship
labor and ethnicity politics
Maine Klan activity
mass movements in America
New England labor politics
New England social history
Northeast extremist movements
Northeast Klan movement
political and social exclusion
Protestant fraternal organizations
Protestant-Klan relations
regional extremism studies
regional extremist networks
regional social movements
regional studies of extremism
religious and ethni
religious minority history
social history of intolerance
social history of New England
Product details
- ISBN 9781625341891
- Weight: 461g
- Dimensions: 154 x 233mm
- Publication Date: 12 Nov 2015
- Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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During the 1920s the Ku Klux Klan experienced a remarkable resurgence, drawing millions of American men and women into its ranks. In Not a Catholic Nation, Mark Paul Richard examines the KKK's largely ignored growth in the six states of New England -- Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont -- and details the reactions of the region's Catholic population, the Klan's primary targets.
Drawing on a wide range of previously untapped sources -- French-language newspapers in the New England--Canadian borderlands; KKK documents scattered in local, university, and Catholic repositories; and previously undiscovered copies of the Maine Klansmen -- Richard demonstrates that the Klan was far more active in the Northeast than previously thought. He also challenges the increasingly prevalent view that the Ku Klux Klan became a mass movement during this period largely because it functioned as a social, fraternal, or civic organization for many Protestants. While Richard concedes that some Protestants in New England may have joined the KKK for those reasons, he shows that the politics of ethnicity and labor played a more significant role in the Klan's growth in the region.The most comprehensive analysis of the Ku Klux Klan's antagonism toward Catholics in the 1920s, this book is also distinctive in its consideration of the history of the Canada--U.S. borderlands, particularly the role of Canadian immigrants as both proponents and victims of the Klan movement in the United States.
Drawing on a wide range of previously untapped sources -- French-language newspapers in the New England--Canadian borderlands; KKK documents scattered in local, university, and Catholic repositories; and previously undiscovered copies of the Maine Klansmen -- Richard demonstrates that the Klan was far more active in the Northeast than previously thought. He also challenges the increasingly prevalent view that the Ku Klux Klan became a mass movement during this period largely because it functioned as a social, fraternal, or civic organization for many Protestants. While Richard concedes that some Protestants in New England may have joined the KKK for those reasons, he shows that the politics of ethnicity and labor played a more significant role in the Klan's growth in the region.The most comprehensive analysis of the Ku Klux Klan's antagonism toward Catholics in the 1920s, this book is also distinctive in its consideration of the history of the Canada--U.S. borderlands, particularly the role of Canadian immigrants as both proponents and victims of the Klan movement in the United States.
Mark Paul Richard is professor of history and Canadian studies, State University of New York at Plattsburgh, USA. He is author of Loyal but French: The Negotiation of Identity by French-Canadian Descendants in the United States.
