Canarsie : the Jews and Italians of Brooklyn against liberalism / Jonathan Rieder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rieder, Jonathan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--New York (State)--New York--Politics and government.

Jews.

Jews--New York (State)--New York--Attitudes.

Italian Americans--New York (State)--New York--Politics and government.

Italian Americans.

Italian Americans--New York (State)--New York--Attitudes.

Liberalism--New York (State)--New York--Case studies.

Liberalism.

Canarsie (New York, N.Y.)--Politics and government.

Canarsie (New York, N.Y.).

New York (N.Y.)--Politics and government--1951-.

New York (N.Y.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 290 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 1985.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What accounts for the precarious state of liberalism in the mid 1980's? Why was the Republican Party able to steal away so many ethnic Democrats of modest means in recent presidential elections? Jonathan Rieder explores these questions in his powerful study of the Jews and Italians of Canarsie, a middle-income community that was once the scene of a wild insurgency against racial busing. Proud bootstrappers, the children of immigrants, Canarsians may speak with piquant New York accents, but their story has a more universal appeal. Canarsie is Middle America, Brooklyn-style.

Contents:

Introduction Danger and Dispossession Part 1: History 1. The Fenced land 2. Ethnic Tradition Part 2: TERRITORIAL, SOCIAL, AND CULTURAL THREATS 3. Vulnerable Places 4. The Lost People 5. The Reverence is Gone Part 3: REACTIONS TO THREAT 6. Striking Back 7. Canarsie Schools for Canarsie Children 8. The Trials of Liberalism Notes Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliography and index.

ISBN:

0-674-04274-3

OCLC:

923117028