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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792047503321

Autore

Pitsula James M. <1950->

Titolo

Keeping Canada British : the Ku Klux Klan in 1920s Saskatchewan / / James M. Pitsula

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Vancouver : , : UBC Press, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

0-7748-2491-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (299 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

322.42

Soggetti

Racism - Saskatchewan - History - 20th century

Saskatchewan Race relations History 20th century

Saskatchewan Social conditions 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1 The Ku Klux Klan Comes to Saskatchewan -- 2 Jimmy Gardiner Attacks the Klan -- 3 The Battle Rages -- 4 The Klan Rampant -- 5 Race and Immigration -- 6 Anti-Catholicism -- 7 The Threat of Moral Disorder -- 8 Rage against the Machine -- Epilogue.

Sommario/riassunto

This provocative book provides a new interpretation of the Ku Klux Klan in 1920s Saskatchewan, arguing that it should not be portrayed merely as an irrational outburst of intolerance but as a slightly more extreme version of mainstream opinion that wanted to keep Canada British.