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Autore |
Horne Gerald |
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Titolo |
The color of fascism : Lawrence Dennis, racial passing, and the rise of right-wing extremism in the United States / / Gerald Horne |
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New York, : New York University Press, c2006 |
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0-8147-7331-1 |
0-8147-4451-6 |
1-4356-0033-9 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (253 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Fascists - United States |
Right-wing extremists - United States |
African Americans |
Passing (Identity) - United States |
Radicalism - United States |
Isolationism - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: More than passing strange -- Passing fancy? -- Passing through -- Fascism -- The face--of fascism -- Fascism and betrayal -- Approaching disaster -- Framing a guilty man? -- Fascism on trial -- A trial on trial -- After the fall -- An isolationist isolated? -- Passing on. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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What does it mean that Lawrence Dennis-arguably the "brains" behind U.S. fascism-was born black but spent his entire adult life passing for white? Born in Atlanta in 1893, Dennis began life as a highly touted African American child preacher, touring nationally and arousing audiences with his dark-skinned mother as his escort. However, at some point between leaving prep school and entering Harvard University, he chose to abandon his family and his former life as an African American in order to pass for white. Dennis went on to work for the State Department and on Wall Street, and ultimately bec |
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