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Making Minnesota liberal : civil rights and the transformation of the Democratic Party / Jennifer A. Delton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Delton, Jennifer A. (Jennifer Alice), 1964-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Liberalism--Minnesota--History--20th century.
- Liberalism.
- Political parties--Minnesota--History--20th century.
- Political parties.
- African Americans--Civil rights--Minnesota--History--20th century.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Minnesota--Politics and government--20th century.
- Racism--Political aspects--Minnesota--History--20th century.
- Racism.
- Minnesota--Politics and government--1858-1950.
- Minnesota.
- Minnesota--Race relations--Political aspects.
- Democratic Party (Minn.)--History--20th century.
- Democratic Party (Minn.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (262 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In Making Minnesota Liberal, Jennifer A. Delton delves into the roots of Minnesota politics and traces the change from the regional, third-party, class-oriented politics of the Farmer-Labor party to the national, two-party, pluralistic liberalism of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party (DFL). While others have examined how anticommunism and the Cold War shaped this transformation, Delton takes a new approach, showing the key roles played by antiracism and the civil rights movement. In telling this story, Delton contributes to our understanding not only of Minnesota's political history but also of
- Contents:
- The rise and fall of the Farmer-Labor Party
- The new two-party liberalism
- Antiracism and the politics of unity
- The Black communities in Minnesota
- An independent Black interest group
- Civil rights in local politics
- Civil rights in party politics
- The 1948 election and the triumph of the Democratic political order
- Civil rights and the fate of postwar liberalism.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-222) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8166-9353-6
- OCLC:
- 476095162
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