THE WHITE RACIST MOVEMENT: ITS REVELATION

The White Separatist Movement in the United States: "White Power, White Pride!" By Betty A. Dobratz and Stephanie L. Shanks-Meile. (Originally published by Twayne Publishers, 1997). Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000. xvi + 362 pp. Figures, photos, notes, bibli- ography, and index. $18.95.

Encyclopedia of White Power: A Sourcebook on the Radical Racist Right. Edited by Jeffrey Kaplan. Walnut, California: AltaMira Press, 2000. xxxvi + 585 pp. Index. $99.95.

Christopher B. Doob
Southern Connecticut State University

A dozen years ago, when surveying material for a sociological text on Ameri- can racism, I found little research about recent white racist groups. Since then social scientists have been addressing that situation, realizing that a significant part of understanding contemporary racism must be a hard look at those groups. These two books are worthy contributions to that effort.