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Academic Year 2001/2002


Violent Right-Wing Movements in U.S. History
HIST 335 FA

The Christian Patriot movement that is organizing today to overthrow the U.S. government (or Zionist Occupied Government, as they call it) belongs to a long tradition of right-wing movements stretching back at least to the Ku Klux Klan of the 1860s and 1870s, if not earlier. This seminar will explore that history.

MAJOR READINGS

(tentative) Allan W. Trelease, WHITE TERROR: THE KU KLUX KLAN CONSPIRACY AND SOUTHERN RECONSTRUCTION Katherine Blee, WOMEN OF THE KLAN Philp Jenkins, HOODS AND SHIRTS: THE EXTREME RIGHT IN PENNSYLVANIA, 1925-1950 A.J. Nicholls, WEIMAR AND THE RISE OF HITLER Dan T. Carter, THE POLITICS OF RAGE: GEORGE WALLACE, THE ORIGINS OF THE NEW CONSERVATISM, AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICAN POLITICS. Morris Dees and James Corcoran, AMERICA'S MILITIA THREAT Andrew MacDonald, THE TURNER DIARIES

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Weekly 2-3 pp. discussion papers and research essay (20-25 pp.)

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS HIST    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2002


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