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Philadelphia Divided : Race and Politics in the City of Brotherly Love /
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 p...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
[2007]
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (336 pages): illustrations, maps |
| ISBN: | 9781469603551 |