{"product_id":"the-politics-of-losing-trump-the-klan-and-the-mainstreaming-of-resentment-0231190077","title":"The Politics of Losing: Trump, the Klan, and the Mainstreaming of Resentment","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0231190077\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e McVeigh, Rory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Ku Klux Klan has peaked three times in American history: after the Civil War, around the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, and in the 1920s, when the Klan spread farthest and fastest. Recruiting millions of members even in non-Southern states, the Klans nationalist insurgency burst into mainstream politics. Almost one hundred years later, the pent-up anger of white Americans left behind by a changing economy has once again directed itself at immigrants and cultural outsiders and roiled a presidential election.In The Politics of Losing, Rory McVeigh and Kevin Estep trace the parallels between the 1920s Klan and todays right-wing backlash, identifying the conditions that allow white nationalism to emerge from the shadows. White middle-class Protestant Americans in the 1920s found themselves stranded by an economy that was increasingly industrialized and fueled by immigrant labor. Mirroring the Klans earlier tactics, Donald Trump delivered a message that mingled economic populism with deep cultural resentments. McVeigh and Estep present a sociological analysis of the Klans outbreaks that goes beyond Trump the individual to show how his rise to power was made possible by a convergence of circumstances. White Americans experience of declining privilege and perceptions of lost power can trigger a political backlash that overtly asserts white-nationalist goals. The Politics of Losing offers a rigorous and lucid explanation for a recurrent phenomenon in American history, with important lessons about the origins of our alarming political climate.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51691857412384,"sku":"NEW0231190077","price":25.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/81txi_GBpDL.jpg?v=1779376635","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-politics-of-losing-trump-the-klan-and-the-mainstreaming-of-resentment-0231190077","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}