White ethnic New York [[electronic resource] ] : Jews, Catholics, and the shaping of postwar politics / / Joshua M. Zeitz

• Autore: Zeitz Joshua
• Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (295 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.892407471/09045
• Soggetto topico: Jews - New York (State) - New York - History - 20th century; Catholics - New York (State) - New York - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: New York (N.Y.) Politics and government 20th century; New York (N.Y.) Religion 20th century; New York (N.Y.) Ethnic relations; United States Religion 1945-1960
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Communities -- 2. Dissent -- 3. Authority -- 4. Fascism -- 5. Communism -- 6. Race -- 7. Reaction -- 8. Upheaval
• Sommario/riassunto: Historians 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 di
• Titolo autorizzato: White ethnic New York
• ISBN: 1-4696-0269-5; 0-8078-7280-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778823003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II