02775nam 2200661 a 450 991081386530332120240516105410.01-4696-0269-50-8078-7280-6(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 Jews, Catholics, and the shaping of postwar politics /Joshua M. Zeitz1st ed.Chapel 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 StatesReligion1945-1960JewsHistoryCatholicsHistory305.892407471/09045305.89240747109045Zeitz Joshua1723095MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910813865303321White ethnic New York4124066UNINA