Don't Blame Us : Suburban Liberals and the Transformation of the Democratic Party / Lily Geismer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Geismer, Lily, author.

Series:

Politics and society in twentieth-century America.

Politics and Society in Modern America ; 109

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democratic Party (U.S.)--History--20th century.

Democratic Party (U.S.).

Suburbs--Political aspects--United States.

Suburbs.

Liberalism--United States--History--20th century.

Liberalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Don't Blame Us traces the reorientation of modern liberalism and the Democratic Party away from their roots in labor union halls of northern cities to white-collar professionals in postindustrial high-tech suburbs, and casts new light on the importance of suburban liberalism in modern American political culture. Focusing on the suburbs along the high-tech corridor of Route 128 around Boston, Lily Geismer challenges conventional scholarly assessments of Massachusetts exceptionalism, the decline of liberalism, and suburban politics in the wake of the rise of the New Right and the Reagan Revolution in the 1970s and 1980s. Although only a small portion of the population, knowledge professionals in Massachusetts and elsewhere have come to wield tremendous political leverage and power. By probing the possibilities and limitations of these suburban liberals, this rich and nuanced account shows that-far from being an exception to national trends-the suburbs of Massachusetts offer a model for understanding national political realignment and suburban politics in the second half of the twentieth century.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations and Maps

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

Part I. Suburban Activism

1. No Ordinary Suburbs

2. Good Neighbors

3. A Multiracial World

4. Grappling with Growth

5. Political Action for Peace

Part II. Massachusetts Liberals

6. A New Center

7. Open Suburbs vs. Open Space

8. Tightening the Belt

9. No One Home to Answer the Phone

10. From Taxachusetts to the Massachusetts Miracle

Epilogue

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Pilot project,eBook available to selected US libraries only

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

9780691176239

069117623X

9781400852420

1400852420

OCLC:

896701663