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090 $aHB1$b.W654 no.13417
100 1 $aFryer, Roland G.
245 10 $aHatred and profits :$bgetting under the hood of the Ku Klux Klan /$cRoland G. Fryer, Jr, Steven D. Levitt.
260 $aCambridge, Mass. :$bNational Bureau of Economic Research,$cc2007.
300 $a41, [17] p. :$bill. ;$c22 cm.
490 1 $aNBER working paper series ;$vno. 13417.
500 $a"September 2007"
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 35-36).
530 $aAlso available in PDF from the NBER World Wide Web site (www.nber.org).
520 $aThe Ku Klux Klan reached its heyday in the mid-1920s, claiming millions of members. In this paper, we analyze the 1920s Klan, those who joined it, and the social and political impact that it had. We utilize a wide range of newly discovered data sources including information from Klan membership roles, applications, robe-order forms, an internal audit of the Klan by Ernst and Ernst, and a census that the Klan conducted after an internal scandal. Combining these sources with data from the 1920 and 1930 U.S. Censuses, we find that individuals who joined the Klan were better educated and more likely to hold professional jobs than the typical American. Surprisingly, we find few tangible social or political impacts of the Klan. There is little evidence that the Klan had an effect on black or foreign born residential mobility, or on lynching patterns. Historians have argued that the Klan was successful in getting candidates they favored elected. Statistical analysis, however, suggests that any direct impact of the Klan was likely to be small. Furthermore, those who were elected had little discernible effect on legislation passed. Rather than a terrorist organization, the 1920s Klan is best described as a social organization built through a wildly successful pyramid scheme fueled by an army of highly-incentivized sales agents selling hatred, religious intolerance, and fraternity in a time and place where there was tremendous demand.
610 20 $aKu Klux Klan (1915- )$zUnited States$xInfluence$xMathematical models.
610 20 $aKu Klux Klan (1915- )$zUnited States$xMembership$xHistory.
700 1 $aLevitt, Steven D.
710 2 $aNational Bureau of Economic Research.
830 0 $aWorking paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research) ;$vworking paper no. 13417.
856 41 $zOnline access for everyone$uhttp://www.nber.org/papers/W13417
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