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Fiery crosses in the Palmettos: the Ku Klux Klan and the greater community in Tampa and Hillsborough County, 1920-1926.

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Date Issued:
1994
Abstract/Description:
Presents a study of the members and activities of the Ku Klux Klan from 1920 to 1926 in and around Tampa.
Title: Fiery crosses in the Palmettos: the Ku Klux Klan and the greater community in Tampa and Hillsborough County, 1920-1926.
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Name(s): Mundt, Michael H.
PALMM (Project)
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Bibliography
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1994
Physical Form: electronic resource
Extent: v, 240 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm.
Language(s): eng
Abstract/Description: Presents a study of the members and activities of the Ku Klux Klan from 1920 to 1926 in and around Tampa.
Table of Contents: The rise of the Ku Klux Klan in 1920s America -- Tampa confronts the roaring Twenties -- "New brooms" for "clean sweeping" : political response to the crisis of law and order -- "A law unto themselves" -- Fiery crosses in the Palmettos -- "Klansmen-to church!" -- "We will make an example of you" -- "True democrats" or "tyranny" -- Tampa's Ku Klux Klan in the American context -- Appendices -- Endnotes -- Bibliography.
Target Audience: College students and adults.
Identifier: AAA2865QF00008/31/200103/06/200818121BfamIa D0QF (FCLAZ), FHP C SF 2001-08-31 (DNX), FCLA url 20020621 (snx), FIPS12057 (snx), SF00000224 (IID), 2507388 (digitool), usf:33989 (fedora)
Note(s): by Michael H. Mundt.
Thesis (M.A.)--University of South Florida, 1994.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 231-240).
Electronic reproduction. [Florida] : State University System of Florida, PALMM Project, 2001. (Florida heritage collection) Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software; Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print PDF files. Digitized by the University of South Florida from a thesis in the Main Library at the University of South Florida, Tampa.
Subject(s): Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
Hillsbourgh County (Fla.) -- History
Hillsborough -- 12057
The Florida Boom and Bust, 1919-1929
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dl/SF00000224.pdf
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Host Institution: USF
Other Format:
(OCoLC)33260810
Is Part of Series: Florida heritage collection.