The Ku Klux Klan: A Guide to an American Subculture

by Martin "Marty" Gitlin

Book Overview

This history of the Ku Klux Klan traces the evolution of the organization from its 1865 founding to the present, drawing extensively on contemporaneous media reports.

The Ku Klux Klan tells the story of America's oldest and largest homegrown terrorist organization. It is a revealing look at the philosophies and methods of a secret society that used religious symbols, secret codes, and the cloak of anonymity to bind its members...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313365768
• ISBN13: 9780313365768
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"