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Philadelphia Divided Race and Politics in the City of Brotherly Love / by James Wolfinger.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wolfinger, James.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Neighborhoods--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--20th century.
- Neighborhoods.
- Work environment--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--20th century.
- Work environment.
- Working class--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--20th century.
- Working class.
- White people--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Politics and government--20th century.
- White people.
- African Americans--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Politics and government--20th century.
- African Americans.
- Conservatism--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Politics and government--20th century.
- Conservatism.
- Liberalism--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Politics and government--20th century.
- Liberalism.
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Politics and government--20th century.
- Philadelphia (Pa.).
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Race relations--History--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (333 p.)
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2013
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In a detailed study of life and politics in Philadelphia between the 1930s and the 1950s, James 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.By analyzing Philadelphia's workplaces and neighborhoods, Wolfinger shows the
- 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:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-307) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 979-88-908807-3-4
- 1-4696-0355-1
- 0-8078-7810-3
- OCLC:
- 701719376
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