The New White Nationalism in America (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Carol M. Swain
- First Published: 2002
- Type of Work: Current affairs, law, and sociology
- Time of Work: 1880-2002
- Setting: The United States
- Principal Characters: David Duke, William Pierce, Jared Taylor, Matthew Hale, Ben Klassen, Michael Levin, Don Black, Michael Hart, Dan Gayman, Reno Wolf
- Genres: Nonfiction, Politics, Current affairs, Sociology, Law and jurisprudence
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Politics, Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, Twenty-first century, Religion, Poverty or poor people, Ethnic groups, Ethnic relations, Immigration or emigration, Multiculturalism, Conservatism, Nationalism, Minorities, Nazism or Nazis, Law enforcement, 2000’s
- Locales: United States
Carol Swain’s provocative and well-researched book is “about the growing threats to peaceful and harmonious race relations in America and the best ways of dealing with them.” It is organized into four parts. Part 1 consists of material about the “new white nationalists” and their core beliefs. Part 2 considers affirmative action policies and the ways that white nationalists exploit those policies to attract additional followers. Part 3 examines recent cultural and economic changes that have contributed to the appeal of white extremist groups. Finally, in part 4 Swain...
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