LEADER 04356nam 2200709 a 450 001 9910777800503321 005 20230828232145.0 010 $a0-292-79572-6 024 7 $a10.7560/714212 035 $a(CKB)1000000000467056 035 $a(OCoLC)607896273 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10245814 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000106228 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11140294 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000106228 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10108052 035 $a(PQKB)10596162 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443323 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse2183 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443323 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10245814 035 $a(DE-B1597)588266 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292795723 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000467056 100 $a20060505d2006 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAryan cowboys$b[electronic resource] $eWhite supremacists and the search for a new frontier, 1970-2000 /$fEvelyn A. Schlatter 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (269 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-292-71421-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [213]-239) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface: Fishing in the Abyss -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tChapter 1 Introduction: The Ties That Bind -- $tChapter 2 Missions, Millennia, and Manifest Destiny -- $tChapter 3 Armageddon Ranch Homesteading on the Aryan Frontier -- $tChapter 4 From Farms to Arms Populists, Plowshares, and Posses -- $tChapter 5 Patriots and Protests Showdowns at the Not-So-OK Corral -- $tChapter 6 Conclusion: From Sheets to Shirts New Frontiers for Right-Wing Extremism -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aDuring the last third of the twentieth century, white supremacists moved, both literally and in the collective imagination, from midnight rides through Mississippi to broadband-wired cabins in Montana. But while rural Montana may be on the geographical fringe of the country, white supremacist groups were not pushed there, and they are far from "fringe elements" of society, as many Americans would like to believe. Evelyn Schlatter's startling analysis describes how many of the new white supremacist groups in the West have co-opted the region's mythology and environment based on longstanding beliefs about American character and Manifest Destiny to shape an organic, home-grown movement. Dissatisfied with the urbanized, culturally progressive coasts, disenfranchised by affirmative action and immigration, white supremacists have found new hope in the old ideal of the West as a land of opportunity waiting to be settled by self-reliant traditional families. Some even envision the region as a potential white homeland. Groups such as Aryan Nations, The Order, and Posse Comitatus use controversial issues such as affirmative action, anti-Semitism, immigration, and religion to create sympathy for their extremist views among mainstream whites-while offering a "solution" in the popular conception of the West as a place of freedom, opportunity, and escape from modern society. Aryan Cowboys exposes the exclusionist message of this "American" ideal, while documenting its dangerous appeal. 606 $aWhite supremacy movements$zWest (U.S.)$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aRight-wing extremists$zWest (U.S.)$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aFrontier thesis 606 $aFrontier and pioneer life$zWest (U.S.) 606 $aPolitical messianism$zWest (U.S.) 606 $aNational characteristics, American 607 $aWest (U.S.)$xRace relations$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aWest (U.S.)$xPolitics and government$y20th century 615 0$aWhite supremacy movements$xHistory 615 0$aRight-wing extremists$xHistory 615 0$aFrontier thesis. 615 0$aFrontier and pioneer life 615 0$aPolitical messianism 615 0$aNational characteristics, American. 676 $a305.800978/09045 700 $aSchlatter$b Evelyn A$01518244 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777800503321 996 $aAryan cowboys$93755683 997 $aUNINA