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.[1][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