Philadelphia divided : race & politics in the City of Brotherly Love / by James Wolfinger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wolfinger, James.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neighborhoods.

History.

Work environment.

Working class.

White people.

Politics and government.

African Americans.

Conservatism.

Liberalism.

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Race relations--History--20th century.

Philadelphia (Pa.).

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Politics and government--20th century.

Liberalism--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Politics and government--20th century.

Conservatism--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Politics and government--20th century.

African Americans--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Politics and government--20th century.

White people--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Politics and government--20th century.

Working class--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--20th century.

Work environment--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--20th century.

Neighborhoods--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--20th century.

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Physical Description:

xii, 318 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

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

Summary:

Wolfinger demonstrates how racial tensions in working-class neighborhoods and job sites shaped the contours of mid-twentieth-century liberal and conservative politics. As racial divisions fractured the working class, he argues, Republican leaders exploited these racial fissures to reposition their party as the champion of ordinary white citizens besieged by black demands and overwhelmed by liberal government orders.

Contents:

pt. 1. The New Deal era

Philadelphia before the New Deal

The rise of New Deal liberalism

Black politics

pt. 2. World War II

The crucible of the home front

Black activism and the PTC

The Philadelphia transit strike

pt. 3. The postwar city

Moving out

The politics of the FEPC.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [285]-307) and index.

ISBN:

9780807831496

0807831492

OCLC:

154706425