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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452936903321

Autore

Doody Colleen

Titolo

Detroit's Cold War [[electronic resource] ] : the origins of postwar conservatism / / Colleen Doody

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, 2013

ISBN

1-283-90171-4

0-252-09444-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (194 p.)

Collana

The working class in American history

Disciplina

977.4/34043

Soggetti

Cold War - Social aspects - Michigan - Detroit - History

Conservatism - Michigan - Detroit - History - 20th century

Anti-communist movements - Michigan - Detroit - History - 20th century

Working class - Michigan - Detroit - History - 20th century

Catholics - Political activity - Michigan - Detroit - History - 20th century

Businessmen - Political activity - Michigan - Detroit - History - 20th century

Political culture - Political activity - Michigan - Detroit - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Detroit (Mich.) Politics and government 20th century

Detroit (Mich.) Social conditions 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

New Deal Detroit, Communism, and Anticommunism -- Labor and the Birth of the Postwar Red Scare, 1945-1950 -- Race and Anticommunism, 1945-1952 -- Anticommunism and Catholicism in Cold-War Detroit -- Business, Anticomunism, and the Welfare State, 1945-1958.

Sommario/riassunto

'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.