White ethnic New York : Jews, Catholics, and the shaping of postwar politics / Joshua M. Zeitz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zeitz, Joshua.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National Book Committee.

Jews--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.

Jews.

Catholics--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.

Catholics.

Religion.

Politics and government.

History.

New York (N.Y.)--Politics and government--20th century.

New York (N.Y.).

New York (N.Y.)--Religion--20th century.

New York (N.Y.)--Ethnic relations.

Ethnic relations.

United States--Religion--1945-1960.

United States.

New York (State)--New York.

Physical Description:

xiii, 278 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2007]

Summary:

Historians of postwar American politics often identify race as a driving force in the dynamically shifting political culture. Joshua Zeitz instead places religion and ethnicity at the fore, arguing that ethnic conflict among Irish Catholics, Italian Catholics, and Jews in New York City had a decisive impact on the shape of liberal politics long before black-white racial identity politics entered the political lexicon.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-268) and index.

ISBN:

9780807830956

080783095X

9780807857984

080785798X

OCLC:

73926904