Kristofer Allerfeldt Explained

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

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

• Race, Radicalism, Religion and Restriction: Immigration in the Pacific Northwest, 1890-1924. Praeger, 2003
• Beyond the Huddled Masses: American Immigration and the Treaty of Versailles. IB Tauris, 2006
• The Progressive Era in the USA 1890 - 1921. Ashgate, 2007
• Crime and the Rise of Modern America. Routledge, 2011
• Organized Crime in the United States, 1865-1941. McFarland, 2018
• The Ku Klux Klan: An American History. The History Press, 2024

External links

• Allerfeldt's profile at the University of Exeter

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kristofer Allerfeldt Biography . 30 November 2021.
2. Web site: Professor Kristofer Allerfeldt. University of Exeter. 30 November 2021.
3. News: Home of the week: Yarner House, a château with battlements, is on sale for £5.5m on Dartmoor. The Times. 4 June 2021. 1 April 2024.
4. News: History lecturer returns home. Falmouth Packet. 30 November 2021.
5. News: Kristofer Allerfeldt. The Independent. 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 . 10.2307/3662960. 3662960 . 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 . 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2008.00474_21.x. 20542941 . 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 . 10.1093/jahist/jau352. 44287799 . 1 December 2021.
9. News: Ghosts of the KKK still haunt American politics. The Spectator. Christopher Silvester. 23 March 2024. 24 March 2024.