Ku Klux Klan and Freemasonry in 1920s America - Fighting Fraternities

The Second Ku Klux Klan's success in the 1920s remains one of the order's most enduring mysteries. This study explores the nature of fraternities, and the overlap between the Klan and Freemasonry. Drawing on untouched archival resources, it presents a detailed analysis of the Klan and its relationship with the traditions of American fraternalism.

List of contents

Introduction, Chapter 1 - Klanishness: Brotherhood in the Invisible Empire, Chapter 2 - Freemasonry's Fighting Brother: Militancy, Fraternalism and the Ku Klux Klan, Chapter 3 - Kluxing America: The Use and Abuse of the Masonic Reputation, Chapter 4 - Hate At $10 a Package: Selling the Invisible Empire, Chapter 5 - Hooded Freemasons: Dual Membership and Conflict in Local Lodges, Chapter 6 - Dallas Klan No.66 and Anaheim Lodge No.207: A Case Study of Two Communities, Chapter 7 - Friend or Foe? Grand Masters' Responses to the Ku Klux Klan, Chapter 8 - The Collapse of the Second K.K.K., Conclusion - An "Invisible" Empire?

About the author

Miguel Hernandez is Lecturer in Twentieth Century American History in the Department of History at the University of Exeter.

Summary

The Second Ku Klux Klan’s success in the 1920s remains one of the order’s most enduring mysteries. This study explores the nature of fraternities, and the overlap between the Klan and Freemasonry. Drawing on untouched archival resources, it presents a detailed analysis of the Klan and its relationship with the traditions of American fraternalism.

Product details

• Authors: Miguel Hernandez, Hernandez Miguel
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780367662448
• ISBN: 978-0-367-66244-8
• No. of pages: 212
• Series: Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, HISTORY / Modern / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Freemasonry & Secret Societies, Freemasonry & secret societies, Secret societies, Politics & government, c 1500 onwards to present day, United States of America, USA, Politics and government, History of the Americas, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), History and Archaeology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General