Detroit's Cold War : The Origins of Postwar Conservatism /

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'Detroit's Cold War' locates the roots of American conservatism in a city that was a nexus of labour and industry in post-war America. Drawing on meticulous archival research focusing on Detroit, Colleen Doody shows how conflict over business values and opposition to labor, anticommun...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Doody, Colleen
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Working class.
Social conditions.
Social aspects.
Politics and government.
Conservatism.
Catholics > Political activity.
Businessmen > Political activity.
Anti-communist movements.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Civil Rights.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Catholiques > Activite politique > Michigan > Detroit > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Travailleurs > Michigan > Detroit > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Anticommunisme > Michigan > Detroit > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Conservatisme > Michigan > Detroit > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Guerre froide > Aspect social > Michigan > Detroit > Histoire.
Political culture > Political activity > Michigan > Detroit > History > 20th century.
Businessmen > Political activity > Michigan > Detroit > History > 20th century.
Catholics > Political activity > Michigan > Detroit > History > 20th century.
Working class > Michigan > Detroit > History > 20th century.
Anti-communist movements > Michigan > Detroit > History > 20th century.
Conservatism > Michigan > Detroit > History > 20th century.
Cold War > Social aspects > Michigan > Detroit > History.
Michigan > Detroit.
Detroit (Mich.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Detroit (Mich.) > Politics and government > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:'Detroit's Cold War' locates the roots of American conservatism in a city that was a nexus of labour and industry in post-war America. Drawing on meticulous archival research focusing on Detroit, Colleen Doody shows how conflict over business values and opposition to labor, anticommunism, racial animosity, and religion led to the development of a conservative ethos in the aftermath of World War II.
Physical Description:1 online resource (200 pages).
ISBN:9780252094446

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