{"product_id":"9780817389505","title":"Politics, Society, and the Klan in Alabama, 1915-1949","description":"This first book-length examination of the Klan in Alabama represents\u003cbr\u003e exhaustive research that challenges traditional interpretations.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Ku Klux Klan has wielded considerable power both as\u003cbr\u003e a terrorist group and as a political force. Usually viewed as appearing\u003cbr\u003e in distinct incarnations, the Klans of the 20th century are now shown by\u003cbr\u003e Glenn Feldman to have a greater degree of continuity than has been previously\u003cbr\u003e suspected. Victims of Klan terrorism continued to be aliens, foreigners,\u003cbr\u003e or outsiders in Alabama: the freed slave during Reconstruction, the 1920s\u003cbr\u003e Catholic or Jew, the 1930s labor organizer or Communist, and the returning\u003cbr\u003e black veteran of World War II were all considered a threat to the dominant\u003cbr\u003e white culture.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFeldman offers new insights into this \"qualified continuity\"\u003cbr\u003e among Klans of different eras, showing that the group remained active during\u003cbr\u003e the 1930s and 1940s when it was presumed dormant, with elements of the\u003cbr\u003e \"Reconstruction syndrome\" carrying over to the smaller Klan of the civil\u003cbr\u003e rights era.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn addition, Feldman takes a critical look at opposition to\u003cbr\u003e Klan activities by southern elites. He particularly shows how opponents\u003cbr\u003e during the Great Depression and war years saw the Klan as an impediment\u003cbr\u003e to attracting outside capital and federal relief or as a magnet for federal\u003cbr\u003e action that would jeopardize traditional forms of racial and social control.\u003cbr\u003e Other critics voiced concerns about negative national publicity, and others\u003cbr\u003e deplored the violence and terrorism.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis in-depth examination of the Klan\u003cbr\u003e in a single state, which features rare photographs, provides a means of\u003cbr\u003e understanding the order's development throughout the South. Feldman's book\u003cbr\u003e represents definitive research into the history of the Klan and makes a\u003cbr\u003e major contribution to our understanding of both that organization and the\u003cbr\u003e history of Alabama.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Alabama Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47069402530032,"sku":"9780817389505","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780817389505_p0.jpg?v=1763753514","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780817389505","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}