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Author McVeigh, Rory, author.

Title The politics of losing : Trump, the Klan, and the mainstreaming of resentment / Rory McVeigh and Kevin Estep.

Publication Info. New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]
©2019

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Description 310 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The Ku Klux Klan in American history -- Power and political alignments -- Economics and white nationalism -- Where Trump found his base -- Politics and white nationalism -- Status and white nationalism -- White nationalism versus the press -- The future of white nationalism and American politics.
Summary 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.0Exhibition:
Subject Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) -- History.
Trump, Donald, 1946-
Trump, Donald, 1946- (OCoLC)fst00174117
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) (OCoLC)fst00545624
White nationalism -- United States -- History.
White supremacy movements -- United States -- History.
White people -- Race identity -- United States -- History.
United States -- Race relations -- Political aspects.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2017-2021
Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
Race relations -- Political aspects. (OCoLC)fst01086519
White nationalism. (OCoLC)fst01895876
White supremacy movements. (OCoLC)fst01174715
White people -- Race identity. (OCoLC)fst01174825
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term Since 2017
Genre/Form History.
Added Author Estep, Kevin, author.
Added Title Trump, the Klan, and the mainstreaming of resentment
Other Form: Online version: McVeigh, Rory, author. Politics of losing New York : Columbia University Press, [2019] 9780231548700 (DLC) 2018056015
ISBN 9780231190060 hardback
0231190069 hardback
9780231548700 ebook
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