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):

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

Jews.

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

Catholics.

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.

United States--Religion--1945-1960.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (295 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

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. Understanding ethnicity as an intersection of class, national origins, and religion, Zeitz demonstrates that the white ethnic populations of New York had significantly di

Contents:

1. Communities

2. Dissent

3. Authority

4. Fascism

5. Communism

6. Race

7. Reaction

8. Upheaval

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

979-88-908800-9-3

979-88-9313-217-5

1-4696-0269-5

0-8078-7280-6

OCLC:

773036452