Kristofer Allerfeldt

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Kristofer Allerfeldt is a British historian and farmer. [1] He teaches History at the University of Exeter. [2]

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Background

The Allerfeldt family, originally from Sweden, lived and farmed at Yarner House on Dartmoor. [3]

Career

Allerfeldt's research focuses on the history of racism, nationalism and organised crime in the United States, and the creation of modern American society. [4] He is an occasional political and cultural commentator for The Independent . [5]

His published work has explored subjects such as the KKK, [6] the Progressive Era, [7] and U.S. deportation policy. [8]

In 2024, he published the first history of the Ku Klux Klan from ‘its origins in post-Civil War Tennessee to the present day’. [9]

Selected works

References

  1. ↑ "Kristofer Allerfeldt Biography" . Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Professor Kristofer Allerfeldt". University of Exeter . Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  3. ↑ "Home of the week: Yarner House, a château with battlements, is on sale for £5.5m on Dartmoor". The Times . 4 June 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  4. ↑ "History lecturer returns home". Falmouth Packet . Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  5. ↑ "Kristofer Allerfeldt". The Independent . Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  6. ↑ Barkan, Elliott R. "Reviewed Work: Race, Radicalism, Religion, and Restriction: Immigration in the Pacific Northwest, 1890-1924 by Kristofer Allerfeldt" . The Journal of American History. 91 (3): 1062–63. doi:10.2307/3662960. JSTOR   3662960 . Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  7. ↑ Greenlees, Janet. "Reviewed Work: The Progressive Era in the USA, 1890-1921 by Kristofer Allerfeldt" . The Economic History Review. 62 (2): 505–06. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0289.2008.00474_21.x. JSTOR   20542941 . Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  8. ↑ Allerfeldt, Kristofer. "Reviewed Work: National Insecurities: Immigrants and U.S. Deportation Policy since 1882 by Deirdre M. Moloney" . The Journal of American History. 101 (2): 626–27. doi:10.1093/jahist/jau352. JSTOR   44287799 . Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  9. ↑ Christopher Silvester (23 March 2024). "Ghosts of the KKK still haunt American politics". The Spectator . Retrieved 24 March 2024.
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