Everyday klansfolk : white protestant life and the KKK in 1920s Michigan / Craig Fox.

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In 1920s Middle America, the Ku Klux Klan gained popularity not by appealing to the fanatical fringes of society, but by attracting the interest of average citizens. During this period, the Klan recruited members through the same unexceptional channels as any other organization or club, becoming for...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Fox, Craig
Language:	English
Published:	East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2011], ©2011.
Subjects:	Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) > History. Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) Middle class > Michigan > Newaygo County > History. Protestants > Michigan > Newaygo County > History. Social conflict > Michigan > Newaygo County > History. United States > Social conditions > 1918-1932. HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) Middle class. Protestants. Social conflict. Social conditions. Michigan > Newaygo County. United States. 1918-1932 Electronic book. History.
Genre:	Electronic book. History.
Online Access:	Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (JSTOR)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xxviii, 274 pages) : illustrations, map
Format:	Electronic eBook

Contents:

Figures; Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Ch. 1. Marketing, Membership, and Merchandise: The Klan Brand Comes to Town; Ch. 2. The Knights in Image and Idea: Popular Klannish Fantasy, Self-Portrayal, and Political Demonology; Ch. 3 An Everyman's Klan: Behind the Masks in Newaygo County; Ch. 4. The Invisible Empire and Small-Town Sociability: Klan Recruitment Channels in Newaygo County; Ch. 5 Community, Church, and Klan: The Civic Lives of Ordinary Klansfolk and the Social Functions of KKK Pageantry; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index