Not a Catholic nation
An edition of Not a Catholic nation (2015)
The Ku Klux Klan Confronts New England in The 1920s
By Mark Paul Richard,Mark Paul Richard
Publish Date
2015
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Language
eng
Pages
278
Description:
"During the 1920s the Ku Klux Klan experienced a remarkable resurgence, drawing millions of American men and women into its ranks. In 'Not a Catholic Nation', Mark Paul Richard examines the KKK's largely ignored growth in the six states of New England {u2212}Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont{u2212} and details the reactions of the region's Catholic population, the Klan's primary targets. Drawing on a wide range of previously untapped sources {u2212}French-language newspapers in the New England-Canadian borderlands; KKK documents scattered in local, university, and Catholic repositories; and previously undiscovered copies of the 'Maine Klansmen'{u2212} Richard challenges the increasingly prevalent view that the Ku Klux Klan became a mass movement during this period largely because it functioned as social, fraternal, or civic organization for many Protestants. He shows thet the politics of ethnicity and labor played a significant role in the Klan's growth in the region"-- from back cover.