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Making Minnesota liberal : civil rights and the transformation of the Democratic Party /

In Making Minnesota Liberal, Jennifer A. Delton delves into the roots of Minnesota politics and traces the change from the regional, third-party, class-oriented politics of the Farmer-Labor party to the national, two-party, pluralistic liberalism of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party (DFL). While oth...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Delton, Jennifer A. (Jennifer Alice), 1964-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2002.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The rise and fall of the Farmer-Labor Party
  • The new two-party liberalism
  • Antiracism and the politics of unity
  • The Black communities in Minnesota
  • An independent Black interest group
  • Civil rights in local politics
  • Civil rights in party politics
  • The 1948 election and the triumph of the Democratic political order
  • Civil rights and the fate of postwar liberalism.