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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 |
Table of 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.