100% American: The Rebirth and Decline of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s
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Thomas Pegram's '100% American' examines the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1910s and 1920s, analyzing how the organization capitalized on national anxieties about immigration, modernity, and changing social norms.
Pegram explores the Klan's organizational growth, ideological appeals, political influence, and eventual fragmentation and decline across American communities.
The book situates the Klan within broader cultural and political processes, showing how local chapters connected to national movements and how leaders used populist rhetoric.
Pegram uses archival sources to trace the Klan’s activities and influence on public policy, revealing complexities beyond simple caricatures.
The work is regarded as a careful, balanced scholarly treatment of the Klan’s twentieth-century incarnation.
Pegram explores the Klan's organizational growth, ideological appeals, political influence, and eventual fragmentation and decline across American communities.
The book situates the Klan within broader cultural and political processes, showing how local chapters connected to national movements and how leaders used populist rhetoric.
Pegram uses archival sources to trace the Klan’s activities and influence on public policy, revealing complexities beyond simple caricatures.
The work is regarded as a careful, balanced scholarly treatment of the Klan’s twentieth-century incarnation.
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