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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : McVeigh, Rory
Estep, Kevin
Titre(s) : The politics of losing [Texte imprimé] : Trump, the Klan, and the mainstreaming of resentment / Rory McVeigh and Kevin Estep
Publication : New York : Columbia university press, copyright 2019
Description matérielle : 1 vol. 310 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
The Ku Klux Klan has peaked three times in American history: after the Civil War,
around the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, and in the 1920s, when the Klan spread farthest
and fastest. Recruiting millions of members even in non-Southern states, the Klan's
nationalist insurgency burst into mainstream politics. Almost one hundred years later,
once again the pent-up anger of white Americans left behind by a changing economy
has directed itself at immigrants and cultural outsiders and roiled a presidential
election. In The Politics of Losing, Rory McVeigh and Kevin Estep trace the parallels
between the 1920s Klan and today's right-wing backlash, identifying the conditions
that allow white nationalism to emerge from the shadows. White middle-class Protestant
Americans in the 1920s found themselves stranded by an economy that was increasingly
industrialized and fueled by immigrant labor. Mirroring the Klan's earlier tactics,
Donald Trump delivered a message that mingled economic populism with deep cultural
resentments. McVeigh and Estep present a sociological analysis of the Klan's outbreaks
that goes beyond Trump the individual to show how his rise to power was made possible
by a convergence of circumstances. The experience of declining privilege and perceptions
of lost power can trigger a political backlash that overtly asserts white-nationalist
goals. The Politics of Losing offers a rigorous and readable explanation for a recurrent
phenomenon in American history, with important lessons about the origins of our alarming
political climate ; The Ku Klux Klan has peaked three times in American history: after
the Civil War, around the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, and in the 1920s, when the
Klan spread farthest and fastest. Almost one hundred years later, once again the pent-up
anger of white Americans left behind by a changing economy has directed itself at
immigrants and cultural outsiders and roiled a presidential election. McVeigh and
Estep trace the parallels between the 1920s Klan and today's right-wing backlash,
identifying the conditions that allow white nationalism to emerge from the shadows.
Sujet(s) : Trump, Donald (1946-....)
Mouvements pour la suprématie blanche -- États-Unis -- 2000-....
Ku Klux Klan (1915-....)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780231190060. - ISBN 0231190069. - ISBN 9780231548700 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45775927j
Notice n° :
FRBNF45775927
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