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The Politics of Losing : Trump, the Klan, and the Mainstreaming of Resentment / Rory McVeigh, Kevin Estep.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780231190060
  • 9780231548700
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.56/909 23
LOC classification:
  • E184.A1
  • E184.A1
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Ku Klux Klan in American History -- 3. Power and Political Alignments -- 4. Economics and White Nationalism -- 5. Where Trump Found His Base -- 6. Politics and White Nationalism -- 7. Status and White Nationalism -- 8. White Nationalism Versus the Press -- 9. The Future of White Nationalism and American Politics -- Conclusion: Making America White Again -- Appendix: Methods of Statistical Analysis -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index
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, the pent-up anger of white Americans left behind by a changing economy has once again 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. White Americans' 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 lucid explanation for a recurrent phenomenon in American history, with important lessons about the origins of our alarming political climate.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Ku Klux Klan in American History -- 3. Power and Political Alignments -- 4. Economics and White Nationalism -- 5. Where Trump Found His Base -- 6. Politics and White Nationalism -- 7. Status and White Nationalism -- 8. White Nationalism Versus the Press -- 9. The Future of White Nationalism and American Politics -- Conclusion: Making America White Again -- Appendix: Methods of Statistical Analysis -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index

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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, the pent-up anger of white Americans left behind by a changing economy has once again 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. White Americans' 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 lucid explanation for a recurrent phenomenon in American history, with important lessons about the origins of our alarming political climate.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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