02743nam 2200637 a 450 991077882300332120211008191233.01-4696-0269-50-8078-7280-6(CKB)2550000000082008(EBL)837891(OCoLC)773036452(SSID)ssj0000571440(PQKBManifestationID)11350311(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000571440(PQKBWorkID)10618495(PQKB)11677525(StDuBDS)EDZ0000245928(MdBmJHUP)muse28081(Au-PeEL)EBL837891(CaPaEBR)ebr10521883(CaONFJC)MIL929701(MiAaPQ)EBC837891(EXLCZ)99255000000008200820061011d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWhite ethnic New York[electronic resource] Jews, Catholics, and the shaping of postwar politics /Joshua M. ZeitzChapel Hill University of North Carolina Press20071 online resource (295 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8078-5798-X 0-8078-3095-X Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Communities -- 2. Dissent -- 3. Authority -- 4. Fascism -- 5. Communism -- 6. Race -- 7. Reaction -- 8. UpheavalHistorians of postwar American politics often identify race as a driving force in the dynamically shifting political culture. Joshua Zeitz instead places religion and ethnicity at the fore, arguing that ethnic conflict among Irish Catholics, Italian Catholics, and Jews in New York City had a decisive impact on the shape of liberal politics long before black-white racial identity politics entered the political lexicon. Understanding ethnicity as an intersection of class, national origins, and religion, Zeitz demonstrates that the white ethnic populations of New York had significantly diJewsNew York (State)New YorkHistory20th centuryCatholicsNew York (State)New YorkHistory20th centuryNew York (N.Y.)Politics and government20th centuryNew York (N.Y.)Religion20th centuryNew York (N.Y.)Ethnic relationsUnited StatesReligion1945-1960JewsHistoryCatholicsHistory305.892407471/09045Zeitz Joshua1470922MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778823003321White ethnic New York3683004UNINA