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  • Secrets of the Tombby Alexandra Robbins

    Little, Brown 2002; US$ 9.99

    This is the only expos of one of the world's most secretive and feared organizations: Yale University's nearly 200-year-old secret society, Skull and Bones. Through society documents and interviews with dozens of members, Robbins explains why this old-boy product of another time still thrives today. of photos. more...

  • The Sion Revelationby Lynn Picknett; Clive Prince

    Simon & Schuster 2006; US$ 13.99

    An essential notion in the #1 New York Times bestseller The Da Vinci Code is the existence of an age-old French society, the Priory of Sion, whose task it is to protect Christ's sacred bloodline. In The Sion Revelation, Picknett and Prince reveal the story of the Priory, taking readers on a highly significant, disturbing, and even alarming ride through history into an intriguing world where a great many uncomfortable facts will have to be faced, both religious and political. Drawing on a wealth of astonishing evidence, they answer numerous questions that shroud this society, including: • Does the Priory actually exist or is the group's entire history an elaborate hoax? • Was Leonardo da Vinci really one of the... more...

  • Behind the Mask of Chivalryby Nancy K. MacLean

    Oxford University Press 1995; US$ 15.00

    This study offers a major new interpretation of the Ku Klux Klan in the USA, placing the organization in its context of class and gender as well as race and religion. more...

  • French Connectionsby Sophie Coignard; Marie-Therese Guichard

    Algora Publishing 2007; US$ 28.95

    The "Old Boys Club," French style -- wherever you go, it's still true that what matters most is whom you know. This book reveals some of the patterns of how it all works. more...

  • Faith, Fraternity and Fightingby Donald M. MacRaild

    Liverpool University Press 2005; US$ 85.00

    Despite its prominence, the Orange Order has never been the focus of significant scholarly attention. With Faith, Fraternity and Fighting , Donald MacRaild provides the first serious full-length study of the Orange Order in northern England. Making extensive use of archival materials - many previously unavailable to scholars - he reveals the ways in which Orangeism changed as it spread from Ireland into mainland Britain, becoming less a political movement than a way of life in working-class neighbourhoods. more...

  • The Orange Orderby Eric P. Kaufmann

    Oxford University Press, UK 2007; US$ 40.00

    The first systematic social history of the Orange Order. Based on unprecedented access to the Order's archives, the book charts the Order's path from the peak of its influence, in the early 1960s, to its present crisis, and argues that the traditional Unionism of the past is giving way to a more militant form which is winning the hearts of the younger generation. - ;Based on unprecedented access to the Order's internal documents, this book provides the first systematic social history of the Orange Order - the Protestant association dedicated to maintaining the British connection in Northern Ireland. Kaufmann charts the Order's path from the peak of its influence, in the early 1960s, to its present-day crisis. Along the way,... more...

  • The Ku Klux Klanby Martin Gitlin

    ABC-CLIO 2009; US$ 35.00

    The Ku Klux Klan tells the story of AmericaŐs oldest and largest homegrown terrorist organization. It is a revealing look at the philosophies and methods of a secret society that used religious symbols, secret codes, and the cloak of anonymity to bind its members together in the cause of violent racial warfare.||The Ku Klux Klan encompasses the organizationŐs entire history, from its post-Civil War founding by Nathan Bedford Forrest, to its high watermark in the early 20th century, with membership swelling to four million and its founders portrayed as heroes in the film, Birth of a Nation to its resurgence in the Civil Rights era, to more recent attempts by David Duke and others to put a benign face on the Klan in order to gain elective office.| more...

  • British Friendly Societies, 1750-1914by Dr Simon Cordery

    Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2003; US$ 120.00

    The first monograph on this topic since 1961, this book provides an innovative interpretation of the Friendly Societies in Britain from the perspectives on social, gender and political history. It establishes the central role of the Friendly Societies in the political activism of British workers, changing understandings of masculinity and femininity, the ritualised expression of social tensions and the origins of the welfare state. more...

  • One Hundred Percent Americanby Thomas R. Pegram

    Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 2011; US$ 27.95

    One Hundred Percent American is a new, comprehensive history of the 1920s Invisible Empire that recognizes the diversity of the Klan movement while charting the patterns that determined the organization's rise and fall. Enlivened by sharp detail, it situates the Klan within mainstream developments in American postwar life but also explains why the Klan failed to achieve mainstream status and influence in the 1920s. The 1920s struggle to define American identity restrictively or expansively remains relevant today. more...

  • Fleshing Out Skull & Bonesby Kris Millegan

    Trine Day 2004; US$ 9.99

    This chronicle of espionage, drug smuggling, and elitism in Yale University's Skull & Bones society offers rare glimpses into this secret world with previously unpublished documents, photographs, and articles that delve into issues such as racism, financial ties to the Nazi party, and illegal corporate dealings. Contributors include Anthony Sutton, author of America's Secret Establishment ; Dr. Ralph Bunch, professor emeritus of political science at Portland State University; Webster Griffin Tarpley and Anton Chaitkin, authors and historians. A complete list of members, including George Bush, George W. Bush, and John F. Kerry, and reprints of rare magazine articles are included. more...