{"product_id":"9781429959339","title":"Blood and Politics: The History of the White Nationalist Movement from the Margins to the Mainstream","description":"\u003cp\u003eMore than fifteen years in the making, \u003ci\u003eBlood and Politics\u003c\/i\u003e is the most comprehensive history to date of the white supremacist movement as it has evolved over the past three-plus decades. Leonard Zeskind draws heavily upon court documents, racist publications, and first-person reports, along with his own personal observations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn internationally recognized expert on the subject who received a MacArthur Fellowship for his work, Zeskind ties together seemingly disparate strands—from neo-Nazi skinheads, to Holocaust deniers, to Christian Identity churches, to David Duke, to the militia and beyond. Among these elements, two political strategies—mainstreaming and vanguardism—vie for dominance. Mainstreamers believe that a majority of white Christians will eventually support their cause. Vanguardists build small organizations made up of a highly dedicated cadre and plan a naked seizure of power. Zeskind shows how these factions have evolved into a normative social movement that looks like a demographic slice of white America, mostly blue-collar and working middle class, with lawyers and Ph.D.s among its leaders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the Cold War ended, traditional conservatives helped birth a new white nationalism, most evident now among anti-immigrant organizations. With the dawn of a new millennium, they are fixated on predictions that white people will lose their majority status and become one minority among many. The book concludes with a look to the future, elucidating the growing threat these groups will pose to coming generations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47122370953456,"sku":"9781429959339","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429959339_p0.jpg?v=1769902277","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429959339","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}