On 3/26/07, Yoshie Furuhashi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'd think that working-class men and women were also involved in the KKK, but if it was like 25% of adult males, we can still investigate which classes and strata of whites were more represented than others or whether all classes and strata of them were represented just about in proportion to their distribution in overall society. Some scholars might have already attempted such studies. Similar studies were done about support for the Nazis in Germany and so on. Yoshie
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check out david chalmers, a now retired history prof with whom i studied at the university of florida, his best-known book is _hooded americanism_... chalmers' research indicates the extent to which the 1920s klan was urban and middle (even professional) stratum, and while he doesn't go quite this far, one can see similarities between early 20th century (not-so) progressive anti-immigrant fears and klan attitudes.. michael hoover
