title: The Ku Klux Klan: History, Organization, Language, Influence And Activities of America's Most Notorious Secret Society
author:  Michael Newton 
description: A thorough expansion and reorganization of Newton's out-of-print Ku Klux Klan: An Encyclopedia (1991), this comprehensive reference is the only one of its kind in print. For Newton, author of numerous crime-related references (The FBI Encyclopedia, 2003) and books (The FBI and the KKK, 2005), this is the fourth "devoted to the KKK" and the culmination of a lifetime of research. However, readers must be prepared for its subjective tenor. The volume's 11 chapters provide more than 1,200 entries that range from a single sentence to more than a page. Entries are descriptively detailed but not analytical. A brief table of contents together with each chapter following a distinctive layout make the content unmanageable to reference without using the index. The work includes chapters detailing Klan jargon and organization, a "Who's Who in the Invisible Empire" featuring historical and contemporary biographies, a historical listing of Klans and Klan front groups, Klan political involvement, and state and worldwide Klan activity. But the real gems are the last three chapters. "Reign of Terror" covers torture and terror, bombings, murders, and lynching by the Klan. "Policing Vigilantes" presents the government's campaign to control the Klan, civil rights legislation, and prominent anti-Klan personalities and societies. "Covering the Klan" has entries for journalists and newspapers that reported on Klan activities. The title has appendixes providing a time line and selected Klan documents as well as an extensive bibliography of primary and secondary sources. Currently, this is the definitive reference on the KKK yet most likely of interest only to crime and KKK hobbyists. Though well written, its poor organization, journalistic tone of edgy conspiracy, and narrow scope make it a questionable academic reference. Becker, Charles <br /><i>Copyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved</i>
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  ## Freakonomics
  
  
  A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
  
  
  Revised and Expanded Edition
  
  
  ## Steven D. Levitt  
  and  
  Stephen J. Dubner
  
  
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  ## Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  [An Explanatory Note](freakonomics_fm01.html#fm01)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Preface to the Revised and Expanded Edition](freakonomics_fm02.html#fm02)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Introduction](freakonomics_int01.html#int01): The Hidden Side of Everything
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [1](freakonomics_ch01.html#ch01). What Do Schoolteachers and Sumo Wrestlers
  Have in Common?
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [2](freakonomics_ch02.html#ch02). How Is the Ku Klux Klan Like a Group of
  Real-Estate Agents?
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [3](freakonomics_ch03.html#ch03). Why Do Drug Dealers Still Live with Their
  Moms?
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [4](freakonomics_ch04.html#ch04). Where Have All the Criminals Gone?
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [5](freakonomics_ch05.html#ch05). What Makes a Perfect Parent?
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [6](freakonomics_ch06.html#ch06). Perfect Parenting, Part II; or: Would a
  Roshanda by Any 