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During 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.
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Fascinating take on gender, race, and the rise of conservatism in the American West
2009/7/6
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Evelyn Schlatter has provided us with a book, Aryan Cowboys, that details the rise of the White Supremacits, primarily in the American West, during the period 1970-2000.
Her work concentrates on some of the better known supremacist groups and how those groups exerted their power in furthering the cause of the extreme right during this period. Most of her work focuses on groups outside of the mainstream, but her analysis does help the reader to understand how modern Conservatism has utilized these movements to further push mainstream America rightward.
This is a solid work of analytical history - Schlatter examines gender (most of the supremacists, she demonstrates, are male) and race (all that she studies are white) to explain how the extremist right has taken cues from masculine drives and racism to propel their movement forward. She looks at the history of manifest destiny, the farm crises of the 1970s and 80s, and even such events as the showdown at Ruby Ridge and the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas.
This work is relatively short (under 180 pages) and well documented (nearly 70 pages of notes + the bibliography). It is not the typical "dry academic" writing that one often finds; instead, it is an engrossing story told well by a good author.
Overall, I found Schlatter's book engaging and very interesting. It is a helpful work when trying to understand the causes and ramifications of the extreme right in American society today. I gave it four stars rather than five because of the extensive treatise on modern Populism, which I did not feel bolstered her argument as much as most of the other evidence she provided.
Her work concentrates on some of the better known supremacist groups and how those groups exerted their power in furthering the cause of the extreme right during this period. Most of her work focuses on groups outside of the mainstream, but her analysis does help the reader to understand how modern Conservatism has utilized these movements to further push mainstream America rightward.
This is a solid work of analytical history - Schlatter examines gender (most of the supremacists, she demonstrates, are male) and race (all that she studies are white) to explain how the extremist right has taken cues from masculine drives and racism to propel their movement forward. She looks at the history of manifest destiny, the farm crises of the 1970s and 80s, and even such events as the showdown at Ruby Ridge and the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas.
This work is relatively short (under 180 pages) and well documented (nearly 70 pages of notes + the bibliography). It is not the typical "dry academic" writing that one often finds; instead, it is an engrossing story told well by a good author.
Overall, I found Schlatter's book engaging and very interesting. It is a helpful work when trying to understand the causes and ramifications of the extreme right in American society today. I gave it four stars rather than five because of the extensive treatise on modern Populism, which I did not feel bolstered her argument as much as most of the other evidence she provided.
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