Americanist

“They’ll figure that they can work more with the Biden administration,” Mr. Weeks, who edits The Latin Americanist journal, predicted.

As the United States withdrew into itself in the period between the world wars, an “Americanist” tendency took stronger hold than ever in the country’s high culture, Mr. Shadwick explained, “and Hopper played along with it. Hopper knew exactly what he was doing for the market for his work.”

Instead, he is a hard-core "Americanist," as he puts it, favoring tough policies up to and including the use of force to defend American interests.

Instead, he is a hard-core “Americanist,” as he puts it, favoring tough policies up to and including the use of force to defend American interests.

The Volstead Act “provided a way for the Klan to legitimize its 100% Americanist mission - it could target the drinking of those they perceived to be their enemies,” McGirr said.