Detroit's Cold War : the origins of postwar conservatism / Colleen Doody.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Doody, Colleen.

Series:

Working class in American history.

The working class in American history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cold War--Social aspects--Michigan--Detroit--History.

Cold War.

Conservatism--Michigan--Detroit--History--20th century.

Conservatism.

Anti-communist movements--Michigan--Detroit--History--20th century.

Anti-communist movements.

Working class--Michigan--Detroit--History--20th century.

Working class.

Catholics--Political activity--Michigan--Detroit--History--20th century.

Catholics.

Businessmen--Political activity--Michigan--Detroit--History--20th century.

Businessmen.

Political culture--Political activity--Michigan--Detroit--History--20th century.

Political culture.

Detroit (Mich.)--Politics and government--20th century.

Detroit (Mich.).

Detroit (Mich.)--Social conditions--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'Detroit's Cold War' locates the roots of American conservatism in a city that was a nexus of labour and industry in post-war America. Drawing on meticulous archival research focusing on Detroit, Colleen Doody shows how conflict over business values and opposition to labor, anticommunism, racial animosity, and religion led to the development of a conservative ethos in the aftermath of World War II.

Contents:

New Deal Detroit, Communism, and Anticommunism

Labor and the Birth of the Postwar Red Scare, 1945-1950

Race and Anticommunism, 1945-1952

Anticommunism and Catholicism in Cold-War Detroit

Business, Anticomunism, and the Welfare State, 1945-1958.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781283901710

1283901714

9780252094446

0252094441

OCLC:

823896943