Title Philadelphia divided : race & politics in the City of Brotherly Love / by James Wolfinger

Published Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2007] ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 318 pages) : illustrations, maps Series UNC Press law publications Civil rights and social justice 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 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-307) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Online resource (HeinOnline, viewed August 3, 2021) digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Liberalism -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Politics and government -- 20th century Conservatism -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Politics and government -- 20th century African Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Politics and government -- 20th century White people -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Politics and government -- 20th century Working class -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 20th century Work environment -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 20th century Neighborhoods -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 20th century SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. African Americans -- Politics and government Neighborhoods Politics and government Race relations White people -- Politics and government Work environment Working class Liberalismus Rassenpolitik Rassendiskriminierung Konservativismus SUBJECT Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century Subject Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pa. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2007028264 ISBN 9780807878101 0807878103 9781469603551 1469603551

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