The number of extremists and extremist groups in the United States has increased dramatically in the last 20 years. What motivates these individuals to devote themselves to their causes, and what effect do these groups have on American society? This encyclopedia examines roughly 300 of the most influential and significant homegrown extremists and extremist groups in the United States in the last half century, with the vast majority of the coverage focusing on the period since the 1980s.
Written in an accessible and engaging style for high school-level and general readers, the objective and impartial entries in Encyclopedia of Modern American Extremists and Extremist Groups, Second Edition describe a broad range of left-wing and right-wing individuals and groups who take extreme positions on political, economic, religious, or social issues. Each entry is followed by a useful bibliography of books and articles for further research. A selection of photos enriches the text and a timeline of events in American extremism provides a quick overview of how extremist thought and activity have progressed across time.
The number of extremists and extremist groups in the United States has increased dramatically in the last 20 years. What motivates these individuals to devote themselves to their causes, and what effect do these groups have on American society? This encyclopedia examines roughly 300 of the most influential and significant homegrown extremists and extremist groups in the United States in the last half century, with the vast majority of the coverage focusing on the period since the 1980s.
Written in an accessible and engaging style for high school-level and general readers, the objective and impartial entries in Encyclopedia of Modern American Extremists and Extremist Groups, Second Edition describe a broad range of left-wing and right-wing individuals and groups who take extreme positions on political, economic, religious, or social issues. Each entry is followed by a useful bibliography of books and articles for further research. A selection of photos enriches the text and a timeline of events in American extremism provides a quick overview of how extremist thought and activity have progressed across time.
• Provides hundreds of A–Z entries that discuss each group's formation, basic ideas and agenda, history, and membership
• Supplies information on key individuals, providing biographical details, motivation, initiatives, and historical impact
• Includes primary sources that enable readers to inspect the historical record for themselves
• Contains appendixes of glossary terms and a map showing locations of domestic/foreign terrorist attacks within the United States over the past 63 years
• Suggests related readings with each entry for readers seeking to conduct further research