03041nam 2200637 a 450 991082365130332120230124181535.0979-88-908678-3-40-8078-6076-X(CKB)111087027915512(EBL)427137(OCoLC)476268613(SSID)ssj0000248441(PQKBManifestationID)11187457(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000248441(PQKBWorkID)10202229(PQKB)11703991(Au-PeEL)EBL427137(CaPaEBR)ebr10041264(CaONFJC)MIL930698(MiAaPQ)EBC427137(EXLCZ)9911108702791551219991012d2000 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSolidarity blues race, culture, and the American left /Richard ItonChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20001 online resource (353 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8078-4847-6 0-8078-2536-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-322) and index.Acknowledgments; 1. Gateway Blues; 2. Race, Ethnicity, and the Cooperative Commonwealth; 3. Southern Politics and the Unmaking of the American Left; 4. Beyond the Left I: A New Deal for an Old Social Issue; 5. Beyond the Left II: Making the Public Good; 6. Memphis Diversities: Race, Class, Identity, and Popular Culture; 7. Making Love in America; Notes; Bibliography; IndexA number of arguments have been made to explain the relative weakness of the American Left. A preference for individualism, the effects of prosperity, and the miscalculations of different components of the Left, including the labor movement, have been cited, among other factors, as possible explanations for this puzzling aspect of American exceptionalism. But these arguments, says Richard Iton, overlook a crucial factor--the powerful influence of race upon American life.Iton argues that the failure of the American Left lies in its inability to come to grips with the centrality of race RacismPolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryRadicalismUnited StatesHistory20th centuryRight and left (Political science)History20th centurySocialismUnited StatesHistory20th centuryUnited StatesRace relationsPolitical aspectsUnited StatesPolitics and government20th centuryRacismPolitical aspectsHistoryRadicalismHistoryRight and left (Political science)HistorySocialismHistory320.51/3/0973Iton Richard1673766MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823651303321Solidarity blues4066950UNINA